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Written question asked by Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 1 December 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 5 December 2022. It was answered by George Freeman (Conservative) on Friday, 9 December 2022 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.


Technology: Copyright

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of proposals on the expansion of the text and data mining exception on (a) UK and (b) non-UK based technology companies.

Answer

The proposed exception will only apply to copying for data mining conducted in the UK. A non-UK- technology company may seek to benefit from the exception by basing their business in the UK or the part which conducts data mining. An impact assessment will be published alongside the legislation when laid.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
101039
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Copyright Data processing Exemptions Technology
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk