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<p>DWP recognises the public interest in being transparent about what we do and how
we process personal information. However, we have to balance this with keeping the
information secure, by not revealing publicly all methods and practices used particularly
to detect fraudulent claims and cyber-attack against our systems.</p><p> </p><p>DWP
takes its responsibility to protect data very seriously and we have published the
<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions/about/personal-information-charter"
target="_blank">Personal information charter (PIC) </a>which gives details of how
we use information provided to us. We have done this to be as transparent as we can
without hindering our ability to detect fraud and protect data.</p><p> </p><p>The
PIC also explains that DWP does not use artificial intelligence to replace human judgement
to determine or deny a payment to a claimant. We will only use data for lawful purposes.</p><p>
</p><p>The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023"
target="_blank">DWP annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>
also makes mention of audits covering data management and artificial intelligence.</p>
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