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Written question asked by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Monday, 7 January 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 10 January 2019 (named day). It was answered by Margot James (Conservative) on Thursday, 10 January 2019 on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

Facebook: Data Protection

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with Facebook about when that company became aware of misuse of personal data.

Answer

Ministers and officials have regular meetings and discussions with companies on a range of issues including on data protection. Details of ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the Gov.uk website.

We take both the protection of personal data and the right to privacy extremely seriously. The Data Protection Act 2018 makes our data protection laws fit for the digital age in which an ever increasing amount of data is being processed and empowers people to take control of their data. As the independent regulator for data protection in the UK, the ICO were aware of the issue concerning Facebook and carried out inquiries as part of an in-depth investigation into data analytics for political purposes. Information about and the outcome of that investigation and all related actions taken, can be found on the ICO website here:

https://ico.org.uk/action-weve-taken/investigation-into-data-analytics-for-political-purposes/

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
205835
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Data protection Facebook
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk