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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-12-16more like thismore than 2020-12-16
answering body
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: Data Protection more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on individual’s data privacy of Facebook moving UK users on to US privacy agreements in 2021; and if he will make a statement. more like this
tabling member constituency Pontypridd more like this
tabling member printed
Alex Davies-Jones more like this
uin 130874 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-01-11more like thismore than 2021-01-11
answer text <p>On 15th December, Facebook publicly announced that from next year Facebook Inc in the US rather than Facebook Ireland will be the service provider responsible for UK users’ personal data.</p><p>At the end of the Transition Period, any online service provider dealing with UK users' personal data will still be subject to the UK Data Protection Act 2018 and UK General Data Protection Regulation. The legislation will, therefore, continue to apply to Facebook's treatment of personal data of UK users when those users are served from the US.</p><p>The UK is committed to high data protection standards and we are confident that the UK’s data protection laws provide appropriate protection for UK users.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Maldon more like this
answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-01-11T15:24:53.697Zmore like thismore than 2021-01-11T15:24:53.697Z
answering member
39
label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale more like this
tabling member
4849
label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones remove filter