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HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)The hon. Lady began her remarks on the broader question of the ambition to ensure that the UK benefits to the maximum extent from the use of artificial intelligence. We absolutely…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)They would obviously have that right, and indeed they would ultimately have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner if they felt that they had been subjected unfairly…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)It is certainly our view that anybody who is affected by an automated decision made on the basis of data held about individuals themselves becomes a data subject, so I think the…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)The Government absolutely share hon. Members’ view of the importance of transparency. We agree that individuals who are subject to automated decision making should be made aware…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Third sitting)I am not sure it would necessarily be published. I want to confirm that, but I am happy to give a clear response to the Committee in due course if my hon. Friend will allow me. As…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 30, in schedule 1, page 137, line 28, leave out “fourth day after” and insert “period of 30 days beginning with the day after”. Annex 1 to the UK GDPR…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Third sitting)As the Committee will be aware, data protection legislation prohibits the use of “special category” data—namely, information about a person that is sensitive in nature—unless…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)Essentially, if anybody is affected by automated decision making on the basis of the characteristics of another person whose data is held—in other words, if the same data is used…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)I am very much aware of the concern about automated decision making. The Government share the wish of the hon. Member for Barnsley East for all those who may be affected to be…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)When the Committee adjourned this morning, I was nearly at my conclusion; I was responding to points made by the hon. Member for Barnsley East and by the hon. Member for Glasgow…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)I can be reasonably brief on these amendments. Schedule 3 sets out the consequential changes needed to reflect references to the rules on automated decision making in reformed…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)I assure the hon. Lady that clauses 25 and 26 are necessary for the improvement of national security. The reports on events such as the Manchester and Fishmongers’ Hall terrorist…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 24 introduces an exemption that can be applied to the processing of personal data for law enforcement purposes under the law enforcement regime for the purposes of…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Third sitting)I would only say to the hon. Lady that I have no doubt that we will consider those aspects in great detail when we get to the specific proposals in the Bill, and I shall listen…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Third sitting)I think my hon. Friend is right. I have no doubt that we will go into these matters in more detail when we get to those provisions. As the hon. Member for Barnsley East knows,…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Third sitting)The clause sets out the conditions under which the reuse of personal data for a new purpose is permitted. As the hon. Lady has said, the clause expands on the purpose limitation…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Third sitting)As we have already discussed with clause 6, schedule 2 inserts a new annex into the UK GDPR. It sets out certain specific public interest circumstances in which personal data…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Third sitting)Let me start by recognising the importance of of subject access requests. I am aware that some have interpreted the change in the wording for grounds of refusal as a weakening. We…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Third sitting)I completely agree with my hon. Friend. That is an issue that both he and I regard as very serious, and is perhaps another example of the kind of legal tactic that…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Third sitting)Clause 8 makes changes to the time requirements to which an organisation must adhere when responding to a subject access request. Currently, organisations must respond to a…16 May 2023