Lord Craig of Radley
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Terrorism: Public Alert Technology
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Monday 16th April 2018
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Lord Craig of Radley (CB)
Following up the particular point about data of the individual, bearing in mind the recent arrangements over personal data protection, will it be essential that individuals agree that they may be approached by this reverse 999 system?
Lord Young of Cookham
No, the system the Government are looking at is not one you would have to opt in to, as with many of the existing systems. You would get messages automatically, which is why I think it raises some of the issues touched on in the previous answer.