Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation Debate
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Julian Knight
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(5 years, 11 months ago)
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Margot James
The matters to which the right hon. Gentleman refers were recently the subject, and continue to be the subject, of an Information Commissioner’s Office inquiry. I am confident that the ICO has the necessary resources and expertise to undertake these inquiries. Leaving the EU does not mean that we will be abandoning our data protection standards. We fully expect to maintain them and develop them further over time.
Julian Knight (Solihull) (Con)
Will the centre have the scope to look at AI and data usage in political campaigning and quasi-political campaigning?
Margot James
The inquiry I referred to in the previous answer has been reported on by the Information Commissioner, and she is setting forth a code of practice for political parties to sign up to on their use of data and how data are processed.