Points of order on why new clause 30 (Access to a deceased child’s social media data) was not called. Clause 117, discussed with an amendment, new clause 10 (Data Vision and Strategy), new clause 11 (Departmental Board Appointments), and new clause 16 (Data use in Public Service Delivery Review), agreed to. Clauses 118 to 120 agreed to. Schedule 14 agreed to. Clause 121, discussed with new clause 3 (Health and social care data records), a Government amendment and schedule 15, agreed to. Schedule 15 agreed to, as amended. Schedule 16 agreed to. Clauses 122 and 123 agreed to. Clause 124, discussed with new clause 29 (Compliance with Section 124 of this Act and Part 3, Chapter 2 of the Online Safety Act 2023), agreed to. Clauses 125 to 134 agreed to. Clauses 135 to 139 disagreed to on division (2 votes to 9 in each case). Clause 140 disagreed to on division (4 votes to 11). Clause 141 agreed to, as amended. Clauses 142 to 147 agreed to, with clauses 144 and 147 agreed to as amended. New clause 2 (Impact of this Act and other developments at national and international level on EU data adequacy decision), debated and withdrawn. New clause 6 (Public-interest data trusts and communities), discussed with new clause 25 (Promotion of public-interest data trusts and communities), and new clause 28 (Public-interest data altruism), debated and withdrawn. New clause 9 (Right to use non-digital verification services), negatived on division (2 votes to 9). New clause 17 (Statement on application of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to activities by web-crawlers or artificial intelligence models), negatived on division (4 votes to 9). New clause 18 (Report on regulation of web-crawlers and artificial intelligence models on use of creative content) negatived on division (4 votes to 9). New clause 19 (Report on reducing barriers to market entry for start-ups and smaller AI enterprises on use of and access to data), negatived on division (4 votes to 9). New clause 20 (Publication of a technological standard), negatived on division (4 votes to 9). New clause 21 (Age of consent for social media data processing), negatived on division (2 votes to 9). Bill, as amended, to be reported (Bill 199). Committee rose. Written evidence reported to the House.

Points of order on why new clause 30 (Access to a deceased child’s social media data) was not called. Clause 117, discussed with an amendment, new clause 10 (Data Vision and Strategy), new clause 11 (Departmental Board Appointments), and new clause 16 (Data use in Public Service Delivery Review), agreed...

The Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] is scheduled to have its second reading in the House of Commons on 12 February 2025.

The Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] is scheduled to have its second reading in the House of Commons on 12 February 2025.

Letter dated 08/05/2024 from Viscount Camrose and Lord Harlech to Peers regarding questions raised in the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill committee stage debates (sixth and seventh days): use of cookies, telecommunications, form of birth and death registers, information on sign-ups to National Underground Asset Register (digital map of underground apparatus), deepfakes, data risks from systemic competitors and hostile actors, updates to the age-appropriate design code, risk assessments for children's data, AI-generated child sexual abuse material, computer evidence admissibility, and data processing by generative AI. 11p.

Letter dated 08/05/2024 from Viscount Camrose and Lord Harlech to Peers regarding questions raised in the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill committee stage debates (sixth and seventh days): use of cookies, telecommunications, form of birth and death registers, information on sign-ups to National Underground Asset Register (digital map of...

My Hon Friend the Minister of State for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business (Kevin Hollinrake MP) has today made the following statement.

The government has today published a Roadmap which sets out what action it will take over the coming year to progress a Smart Data economy as a result of...

My Hon Friend the Minister of State for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business (Kevin Hollinrake MP) has today made the following statement.

The government has today published a Roadmap which sets out what action it will take over the coming year to progress a Smart Data economy as a result of...

The government has today published a Roadmap which sets out what action it will take over the coming year to progress a Smart Data economy as a result of the new powers in the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill.

The data economy is a large and growing part of the...

The government has today published a Roadmap which sets out what action it will take over the coming year to progress a Smart Data economy as a result of the new powers in the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill.

The data economy is a large and growing part of the...

Lords committee stage second day. Clause 5 agreed to. Schedule 1 agreed to. Clause 6, as amended, agreed to. Schedule 2 agreed to. Clauses 7 to 13 agreed to. Clause 14 under consideration.

Lords committee stage second day. Clause 5 agreed to. Schedule 1 agreed to. Clause 6, as amended, agreed to. Schedule 2 agreed to. Clauses 7 to 13 agreed to. Clause 14 under consideration.

Moved by

Lord Clement-Jones

11: Clause 5, page 6, line 15, at end insert—

“(za) After point (a) insert—

“(aa) the data subject has given consent for his or her personal data to enter the public domain via a public body;

(ab) processing is carried out by a public body pursuant to a legal or...

Moved by

Lord Clement-Jones

11: Clause 5, page 6, line 15, at end insert—

“(za) After point (a) insert—

“(aa) the data subject has given consent for his or her personal data to enter the public domain via a public body;

(ab) processing is carried out by a public body pursuant to a legal or...

My Lords, I rise to speak to my Amendment 11 and to Amendments 14, 16, 17, 18, Clause 5 stand part and Clause 7 stand part. I will attempt to be as brief as I can, but Clause 5 involves rather a large number of issues.

Processing personal data is currently...

My Lords, I rise to speak to my Amendment 11 and to Amendments 14, 16, 17, 18, Clause 5 stand part and Clause 7 stand part. I will attempt to be as brief as I can, but Clause 5 involves rather a large number of issues.

Processing personal data is currently...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendments 13 and 15. Before I do, let me say that I strongly support the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, about HIV and the related vulnerability, and his assertion—almost—that Clause 5 is a solution in search of a problem. “Legitimate interest”...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendments 13 and 15. Before I do, let me say that I strongly support the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, about HIV and the related vulnerability, and his assertion—almost—that Clause 5 is a solution in search of a problem. “Legitimate interest”...

My Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, in Amendments 13 and 15, to which I have added my name. Rather than repeat her arguments—as we are now all trying not to do—I want to build on them and point to the debate we had on the first group...

My Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, in Amendments 13 and 15, to which I have added my name. Rather than repeat her arguments—as we are now all trying not to do—I want to build on them and point to the debate we had on the first group...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have spoken to this group. As ever, I am grateful to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee for the care it has taken in scrutinising the Bill. In its 10th report it made a number of recommendations addressing the Henry VIII powers...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have spoken to this group. As ever, I am grateful to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee for the care it has taken in scrutinising the Bill. In its 10th report it made a number of recommendations addressing the Henry VIII powers...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendments 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 and to whether Clauses 5 and 7 should stand part of the Bill. In doing so, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and the noble Baronesses, Lady Jones and Lady Kidron, for...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendments 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 and to whether Clauses 5 and 7 should stand part of the Bill. In doing so, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and the noble Baronesses, Lady Jones and Lady Kidron, for...

My Lords, may I just revisit that with the Minister? I fear that he is going to move on to another subject. The Delegated Powers Committee said that it thought that the Government had not provided strong enough reasons for needing this power. The public interest list being proposed, which...

My Lords, may I just revisit that with the Minister? I fear that he is going to move on to another subject. The Delegated Powers Committee said that it thought that the Government had not provided strong enough reasons for needing this power. The public interest list being proposed, which...

Indeed. Needless to say, we take the recommendations of the DPRRC very seriously, as they deserve. However, because this is an exhaustive list, and because the technologies and practices around data are likely to evolve very rapidly in ways we are unable currently to predict, it is important to retain...

Indeed. Needless to say, we take the recommendations of the DPRRC very seriously, as they deserve. However, because this is an exhaustive list, and because the technologies and practices around data are likely to evolve very rapidly in ways we are unable currently to predict, it is important to retain...

My Lords, am I to take it from that that none of the changes currently in the Bill will expose children on a routine basis to direct marketing?

My Lords, am I to take it from that that none of the changes currently in the Bill will expose children on a routine basis to direct marketing?

As is the case today and will be going forward, direct marketing organisations will be required to perform the balancing test; and as in the ICO guidance today and, no doubt, going forward—

As is the case today and will be going forward, direct marketing organisations will be required to perform the balancing test; and as in the ICO guidance today and, no doubt, going forward—

I am sorry if I am a little confused—I may well be—but the balancing test that is no longer going to be there allows a certain level of processing, which was the subject of the first amendment. The suggestion now is that children will be protected by a balancing test....

I am sorry if I am a little confused—I may well be—but the balancing test that is no longer going to be there allows a certain level of processing, which was the subject of the first amendment. The suggestion now is that children will be protected by a balancing test....