Oral Evidence Jan. 31 2024
Committee: Environmental Audit CommitteeFound: I will begin by paying tribute to John Kerry and Xie Zhenhua whose personal relationship and personal
Mar. 30 2023
Source Page: The Great Britain China Centre annual report and accounts 2021 to 2022Found: The GBCC Data Protection Officer is also invited to attend once per year.
Mentions:
1: Holly Lynch (LAB - Halifax) When the Zhenhua database leak happened a couple of years ago—this was a database that China was using - Speech Link
2: Scott Mann (CON - North Cornwall) words like “data” to words like “maps”. - Speech Link
3: None I was the lead lawyer for the Protection of Official Data project at the Law Commission, which was the - Speech Link
Inquiry Publications Feb. 01 2022
Inquiry: Biodiversity and EcosystemsFound: programmes of government departments and non-departmental public bodies contribute to environmental protection
Inquiry Publications Sep. 10 2021
Inquiry: The UK’s security and trade relationship with ChinaFound: Government™s foreign policy objectives. 56 Written evidence from Robert Clark ( TRC0008 ); see also Zhenhua
Mentions:
1: Alok Sharma (CON - Reading West) including the US special envoy, John Kerry, and China’s special envoy for climate change, Minister Xie Zhenhua - Speech Link
2: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (CON - Berwick-upon-Tweed) We are promoting the restoration and protection of natural ecosystems through several different elements - Speech Link
3: Boris Johnson (CON - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) The data supporting all of that has been available to the House since I announced it on Monday. - Speech Link
Asked by: John Spellar (Labour - Warley)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the collection of data on UK individuals and others by Chinese firm Zhenhua Data.
Answered by John Whittingdale
The Information Commissioner's Office is aware of the reports regarding Zhenhua Data Technology and is making enquiries with the company. Organisations must comply with our legal system and regulatory frameworks. The GDPR and UK’s Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA18) impose strict obligations on organisations to ensure that UK citizens’ data is processed safely and securely. Organisations which fail to comply may be investigated by the Information Commissioner’s Office and where appropriate subject to enforcement action, including fines. If relevant the ICO may contact international partners through their cooperation mechanism.
Found: compared to 4.2 billion tonnes in 2007). 3 The full report, which contains extensive analysis of the data