Uber: Personal Data Theft

Tom Pursglove Excerpts
Thursday 23rd November 2017

(6 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Matt Hancock Portrait Matt Hancock
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This is an important subject. The Information Commissioner, of course, is the regulator, and we think that there is a broader question to ensure that the modern use of data is both innovative and follows a decent set of ethics, which is what the proposed centre is all about.

Tom Pursglove Portrait Tom Pursglove (Corby) (Con)
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Does my right hon. Friend intend to have any discussions with his international counterparts, given the international and cross-border nature of the problem?

Matt Hancock Portrait Matt Hancock
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Yes. As I said, we have already had discussions with the US Federal Trade Commission and with the Dutch authorities—Uber’s European headquarters is in Holland, so they are pertinent to the matter.