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HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q That is great. You both mentioned smart data. For the benefit of the Committee, could you outline some of the progress that the banking and finance industries have made in…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q Good afternoon to both witnesses. I have a broad opening question. What are the main implications of the Bill’s provisions for the finance sector? Phillip Mind: The banking…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q Will the new definition in the Bill of what constitutes scientific research help people in your field to conduct more or better research? If so, what impact would this research…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q 82 Welcome to you both. My first question is to both witnesses. How easy is it currently for service users and care teams to access and share all of their relevant health and…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q My final question is to Michael. Do you believe that the current regulation does enough to govern the use of biometric technologies? Michael Birtwistle: No, we would say that it…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q Linked to that, do you believe that the safeguards outlined in the Bill—having a right to human review, for example—are enough to protect workers from the potential harm of…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you. I have a couple of questions for Anna Thomas now. Do the current laws around automated decision making do enough to protect workers and citizens from harm? Anna…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q What value do subject access requests hold for citizens, and how will changing the threshold for refusing a request or changing a request to “vexatious or excessive” impact…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q Do you believe the Government have consulted the public and data subjects such as workers appropriately during the process of formulating the Bill? Dr Tennison: Obviously, there…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q Good morning. To go first to Dr Jeni Tennison, do you think the general public and workers have a good level of trust and understanding in terms of how their data is being used?…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Thank you.10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q Is the risk in centralising cookies by browser that we could confuse liability, for example who is responsible for a breach of cookie regulation? Chris Combemale: I think it…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q Is there a concern that centralising cookies by browser will entrench power in the hands of the larger tech companies that own the browsers? Chris Combemale: It certainly would…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q Is the technology available to centralise cookies by browser? Chris Combemale: I think it can be eventually, but we oppose those provisions in the Bill, because they create a…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q I was asking about that. Chris, will the changes to the cookies set out in the Bill benefit, first, the consumer experience and, secondly, your members or businesses? Chris…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q On that point, do the telecoms companies feel that they have been consulted properly in the making of the legislation? Neil Ross: No, not on that clause, but yes in relation to…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q On the changes to requirements to report suspicious activity related to unsolicited direct marketing, do the telecoms companies among your members have the technical capability…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q How have your members found adapting to GDPR? Will the Bill make it easier or harder for those that you represent to comply? Neil Ross: Most tech companies have adapted to GDPR.…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q Welcome to the witnesses. TechUK’s response to the withdrawn Bill last autumn stated that it “could go further in seeking the full benefits of data driven innovation”. Does this…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q You have answered my next question—thank you—but I will pose it to the other witnesses, who may have something to add. In the previous session, the Information Commissioner said…10 May 2023