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registered interest false more like this
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Facebook: Advertising more like this
house id 1 more like this
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has been made of the implications for her policies in respect of the settlement of the US cases of United States Department of Housing and Urban Development vs Facebook. more like this
tabling member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne Central remove filter
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Chi Onwurah more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-09-23more like thismore than 2021-09-23
answer text <p>The Equality Act 2010 prohibits service providers from discriminating against people on the grounds of protected characteristics.</p><p>In response to the Joint Committee on Human Rights report on The Right to Privacy (Article 8) and the Digital Revolution, the government stated that it and other bodies have considered issues around online targeting. The full report can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt5801/jtselect/jtrights/313/313.pdf" target="_blank">https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt5801/jtselect/jtrights/313/313.pdf</a></p><p>The work undertaken which is referenced in the report includes the Information Commissioner’s Office’s (ICO) work on advertising technology (AdTech):</p><p><a href="https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/what-we-do/our-work-on-adtech/#blogs" target="_blank">https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/what-we-do/our-work-on-adtech/#blogs</a></p><p>The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation has published its review into online targeting and bias in algorithmic decision making:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cdei-review-of-online-targeting" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cdei-review-of-online-targeting</a></p><p>The Competition and Markets Authority market has published its study into online platforms and the digital advertising market in the UK.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/online-platforms-and-digital-advertising-market-study" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/online-platforms-and-digital-advertising-market-study</a></p><p>In a public consultation called <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/data-a-new-direction" target="_blank">Data: A new direction</a> (launched 10 September 2021) the government is also consulting on reform proposals to enable organisations to use personal data and sensitive personal data for the purpose of managing the risk of bias in their AI systems. The ICO has also drafted <a href="https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/key-dp-themes/guidance-on-ai-and-data-protection/" target="_blank">Guidance on AI and Data Protection</a>, which explains how to process personal data in order to design and test algorithms.</p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster more like this
answering member printed Julia Lopez more like this
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less than 2021-09-23T14:41:28.257Zmore like thismore than 2021-09-23T14:41:28.257Z
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label Biography information for Julia Lopez more like this
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label Biography information for Chi Onwurah more like this