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HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Third sitting)May I briefly respond to the hon. Lady’s comments? I assure her that controllers will not be able to stop the clock for all subject access requests—only for those where they…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Third sitting)Clause 9 provides researchers, archivists and those processing personal data for statistical purposes with a new exemption from providing certain information to individuals when…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Third sitting)I welcome the recognition of the importance of allowing genuine research and the benefits that can flow from it. Such research may well be dependent on using data and the clause…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)I think I have covered the points that I would like to make on clause 12.16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)As I was saying, clause 13 will remove article 27 of the UK GDPR, ending the requirement for overseas controllers or processors to appoint a representative in the UK where they…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)If there are concerns that were not fed in during the consultation period, obviously we will consider them. However, it remains the case that even without the article 27…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)As I mentioned in our debate on clause 12, clauses 12 to 18 will give organisations greater flexibility about the policies, procedures or programmes that they put in place to…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)The clause does not in any way represent a lessening of the requirement on organisations to comply with data protection law. It simply introduces a degree of flexibility. An…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)Clauses 15 and 16 will improve the record-keeping requirements under article 30 of the UK GDPR and the logging requirements under part 3 of the Data Protection Act, which is…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)The intention behind clause 15 is to reduce the burden on organisations by tying the record-keeping requirements to high-risk processing activities. If there is uncertainty about…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 1, in clause 19, page 35, leave out lines 23 to 25 and insert— “(5) The Commissioner must encourage expert public bodies to submit codes of conduct…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)As we have discussed, one of the principal objectives of this part of the Bill is to remove some of the prescriptive unnecessary requirements on organisations to do things to…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 19 introduces an ability for public bodies with the appropriate knowledge and expertise to produce codes of conduct applicable to the law enforcement regime. The clause…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)I welcome the Opposition’s support. Amendment 1 agreed to. Amendments made: 2, in clause 19, page 35, line 26, leave out from ‘body’ to ‘, the’ in line 27 and insert ‘does so’.…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)As clauses 12 to 18 remove terms such as data protection officers and data protection impact assessments from the legislation, some consequential changes are required to other…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 21 refers to schedules 5 to 7, which introduce reforms to the provisions of the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, which regulate the international transfers of…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)It would make sense to explain the reasons why we are not convinced after we have heard the arguments in favour.16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)We completely agree with the hon. Lady that we would not wish to see data transferred to countries that have an inferior data protection regime. However, we do not think amendment…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 34, in clause 22, page 36, leave out lines 20 to 22. This amendment and Amendment 37 transpose the requirement for processing of personal data for…16 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 22 creates a new chapter in the UK GDPR that provides safeguards for the processing of personal data for the purposes of scientific research or historical research,…16 May 2023