Children’s Private Information: Data Protection Law Debate
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Baroness Altmann
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Children’s Private Information: Data Protection Law
Baroness Altmann Excerpts(1 year, 11 months ago)
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Baroness Barran (Con)
To be absolutely clear and for the avoidance of doubt, the department was not making money out of this. It was a previously legitimate user of the department’s data which changed its business model and breached its contract with the department to sell the data.
Baroness Altmann (Con)
My Lords, does my noble friend agree that we should be grateful that the department is now taking this matter seriously? I urge her to make sure that this is dealt with as speedily as possible; I know that she would like that to happen as well.
Baroness Barran (Con)
My noble friend is right. I would stress that, unsurprisingly and rightly, the department took this breach extremely seriously. It was proactive in raising it with the Information Commissioner’s Office and has a very active programme of work but, in relation to the recommendations from the Information Commissioner, the vast majority of them are completed and the rest are on track.