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HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillBut the two terms have a different legal meaning, surely.25 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillI am interested in what the Minister says about the age of attainers. Surely it would be possible to remove attainers from those who could be subject to direct marketing. Given…25 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, this is the first group of amendments covering issues relating to automated decision-making, one of the most interesting areas of data use but also one of the most…25 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillBut what is the test of necessity at that age?25 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillI want to be helpful to the Minister. I appreciate that these questions are probably irritating but I carefully read through the amendments and aligned them with the Explanatory…25 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, this group, in which we have Amendments 41, 44, 45, 49, 50, 98A and 104A and have cosigned Amendments 46 and 48, aims to further the protections that we discussed in the…25 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, this has been an interesting and challenging session. I hope that we have given the Minister and his team plenty to think about—I am sure we have. A lot of questions…25 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, I said at the outset that I thought this was the beginning of a particular debate, and I was right, looking at the amendments coming along. The theme of the debate was…25 Mar 2024HANSARDHuman Rights: SportswashingMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, is to be heartily congratulated this afternoon on bringing forward this topic for debate. I am not sure what hotline he has to the heart of…21 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillAs I understand it, the basis on which we currently operate is that children get a heightened level of protection. Is the Minister saying that that is now unnecessary and is…20 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillCan I press the Minister more on Amendment 290 from the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron? All it does is seek to maintain the existing standards of data protection for children, as…20 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, we on the Labour Benches have become co-signatories to the amendments tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, and supported by the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and…20 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillI am.20 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, that creates another question, does it not? If that is the case, why amend the original wording from the 2018 Act?20 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, I hesitate to make a Second Reading speech, and I know that the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, cannot resist rehearsing these points. However, it is important, at the…20 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillI follow the argument, but what we are suggesting in our amendment is some sort of impact assessment for the scheme, including how it currently operates and how the Government…20 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillWhy change the wording that provides the protection that is there currently?20 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillAs I was saying, it is important for the framework on data protection that we take a precautionary approach. I hope that the Minister will this afternoon be able to provide a…20 Mar 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, we are very grateful—we are always very grateful, actually—to the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for tabling this amendment, which raises a valid concern around the…13 Mar 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, in order to help, can we be absolutely clear that this covers minority ownership and control? We need clarity on that. The noble Lord, Lord Moore, made that point. It…13 Mar 2024