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
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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
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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
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- 2019-05-08 17:44:20 +0100
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