Uber: Personal Data Theft

Mims Davies Excerpts
Thursday 23rd November 2017

(7 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. I advise the House that I am very keen to press on to the next business at 11 o’clock, so people should pose single-sentence, short questions, which will be addressed with the characteristic succinctness of the Minister for Digital.

Mims Davies Portrait Mims Davies (Eastleigh) (Con)
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The situation is extremely concerning not only for London users but for users of Uber South Coast, which operates in and around Southampton. What is the Minister doing to hold to account companies that lose data and then seek to hide from their responsibilities?

Matt Hancock Portrait Matt Hancock
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Not only will we, of course, use the full force of the existing law, but we are strengthening the law to give people more power and control over their data.