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Written question asked by Anne Main (Conservative) on Tuesday, 30 April 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 2 May 2019. It was answered by Margot James (Conservative) on Wednesday, 8 May 2019 on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.


Data Protection

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many private organisations have been found in breach of General Data Protection Regulations by the Information Commissioner's Office since May 2018.

Answer

The Government takes the protection of personal data and the right to privacy extremely seriously.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the independent regulator for data protection in the UK and is responsible for regulating compliance with data protection legislation. The Information Commissioner has the power to serve fines on a data controller as a result of a data breach. Details of enforcement action, including fines, are published on the ICO website at www.ico.org.uk/action-weve-taken


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
249256
Session
2017-19
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Data protection Companies Information Commissioner's Office
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk