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<p>The Online Harms White Paper will set out a range of legislative and non-legislative
measures to tackle a range of online harms. The Government takes both the protection
of personal data and the right to privacy extremely seriously.</p><p> </p><p>The Data
Protection Act 2018 makes our data protection laws fit for the digital age and empowers
people to take control of their data. The Government has recently published a Code
of Practice for Consumer Internet of Things Security, which outlines thirteen guidelines
that manufacturers should follow to keep consumers safe. DCMS will be working to drive
implementation of this Code throughout 2019.</p><p>The Secretary of State for Digital,
Culture, Media and Sport held a round table, to which Peers were invited, on 15th
January 2019 to seek views on the scope of the forthcoming White Paper.</p>
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