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HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Seventh sitting)The ambition of the clause is broadly welcome, and we agree that there is a need to tackle unwanted calls, but the communications sector, including Vodafone and BT, as well as…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. Privacy enhancing technologies are technologies and techniques that can help organisations to share and use people’s data…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)Data is increasingly used to make decisions about us as a collective, so it is important that GDPR gives us collective rights to reflect that, rather than the system being…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. Overall, the aim of the GDPR is to ensure the effective and complete protection of data subjects. That protection cannot be…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister, but I am still confused about why, having developed the standard, the Government are not keen to put it into practice and into law. He just said…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. In order for the public to have trust in algorithmic decision making, particularly where used by the Government, they must be…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Seventh sitting)As I have said many times during our discussion of the Bill, I believe that the Information Commissioner should be given proportionate powers to investigate and take action where…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Seventh sitting)Clause 86 and schedule 10 insert and clarify the commissioner’s enforcement powers with regards to privacy and electronic communications regulation. Particularly of note within…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Seventh sitting)“Trust services” refers to services including those relating to electronic signatures, electronic seals, timestamps, electronic delivery services and website authentication. As…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Seventh sitting)The clause amends section 35 of the Digital Economy Act to enable specified public authorities to share information to improve the delivery of public services to businesses with…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Seventh sitting)It is right that the powers conferred by clause 93 can be exercised by devolved Ministers where appropriate. I therefore have no objections to the amendments or the new clause.…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Seventh sitting)The clause allows the Secretary of State to make regulations to enact an international agreement for the sharing of information for law enforcement purposes. The substance of any…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Seventh sitting)Clauses 94 to 98 amend the Births and Deaths Registration Act, with the overall effect of removing the provision for birth and death records to be kept on paper, and allowing them…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Seventh sitting)Information standards govern how data can be shared and compared across a sector. They are important in every sector in which they operate, but particularly in health, where they…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)The clauses set out the final technical provisions necessary in order for the Bill to be passed and enacted effectively, and for the most part are standard. I will focus briefly…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for his comments. We will be speaking about the private uses of biometric data later, so I beg to ask leave to withdraw my amendment. Amendment, by…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)Biometric data is uniquely personal. It captures our faces, fingerprints, walking style, tone of voice, expressions and all other data derived from measures of the human body.…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 119, in clause 106, page 130, line 7, leave out “which allows or confirms the unique identification of that individual”. This amendment is intended to…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)Having outlined my broad concerns about clause 105 when I spoke to clause 104, I will focus briefly on the specific concern raised by the hon. Member for Glasgow North West, which…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)It does indeed provide reassurance. On that basis, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn.23 May 2023