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registered interest false more like this
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Internet: Data Protection more like this
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question text To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, (a) what obligations exist on search engine providers registered as data controllers with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) (including those with offices outside the jurisdiction) to ensure that any data processing by them complies with the Data Protection Principles and (b) what steps the ICO (i) has taken and (ii) is planning to take to ensure that such principles are complied with. more like this
tabling member constituency Liverpool, Wavertree more like this
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Luciana Berger more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-12-16more like thismore than 2015-12-16
answer text <p>Search engines are data controllers if they process information about living, identifiable people, for example within a search result based on a person’s name.Data controllersmust comply with the data protection principles, for example by explaining to customers how their information is collected and used. Although the main search engines are international operations, if they have an establishment in the UK, then their activities will be subject to UK data protection law.</p><p>The ICO ensures thatdata controllerscomply with the lawfor example by investigating complaints and carrying out enforcement or liaison work. The ICO will continue to engage with the search engines to ensure that the right balance is struck between online access to information and individuals’ privacy rights.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Wantage more like this
answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey more like this
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label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot more like this
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label Biography information for Luciana Berger more like this