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1283668

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date	03/02/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Employment: Privacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2021 to Question 141983, if he will publish the names of the eight companies currently being investigated by the Information Commissioner's Office.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	148776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2021 answer text <p>The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) regulates and enforces the data protection legislation independently of Government. The ICO has not yet concluded its investigations into the eight companies concerned, and it would therefore be inappropriate to publish the names of these companies.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The ICO has a number of powers to tackle the unlawful processing of personal data, including the power to serve enforcement notices requiring organisations to stop the processing of personal data, and the power to serve civil monetary penalties. Details of the ICO’s enforcement activity can be found on its website at: <a href="https://ico.org.uk/action-weve-taken/" target="_blank">https://ico.org.uk/action-weve-taken/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 08/02/2021 11:56:44 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1280119

registered interest
date	28/01/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Employment: Privacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance his Department has issued for employees informing them of their rights to privacy at work since the outbreak of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	142927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2021 answer text <p>The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the UK’s independent regulator for data protection and is responsible for providing advice and guidance on compliance with the UK’s data protection laws.</p><p>The ICO has created a data protection and coronavirus information hub to help individuals and organisations navigate data protection during this unprecedented time, available at: <a href="https://ico.org.uk/global/data-protection-and-coronavirus-information-hub/" target="_blank">https://ico.org.uk/global/data-protection-and-coronavirus-information-hub/</a>. The Hub includes advice for people about how and when organisations can process their personal data during the coronavirus pandemic and how to keep their personal data safe.</p><p>The ICO has also published specific guidance for employers on the rules in relation to monitoring of employees. Section 3.2 of its Employment Practices Code deals with the monitoring of telephone, fax, e-mail, voice-mail, internet access and other forms of electronic communication: <a href="https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisations/documents/1064/the_employment_practices_code.pdf" target="_blank">https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisations/documents/1064/the_employment_practices_code.pdf</a>.</p><p>Employees who have concerns about the way employers are using their data can contact the ICO’s helpline on 0303 123 1113 or their livechat at <a href="https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/" target="_blank">https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/</a> for further advice, from Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 28/01/2021 15:37:55 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1279695

registered interest
date	22/01/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Employment: Privacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many times the information commissioner (a) investigated and (b) fined companies for breaching an employee's right to privacy (i) in each of the five years to April 2020 and (ii) since April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	141983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is currently investigating eight cases in relation to employees’ right to privacy in connection with the use of employee monitoring technology. The ICO has reported that it has not been possible to provide details of the concluded cases in each of the five years to April 2020 within the very limited time available.</p><p>My department will write to the Honourable Member with further details in due course and place a copy of the letter in the House Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 27/01/2021 16:31:52 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah