Question follow-through · 10167
Data Protection: Business
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to require businesses to carry out data protection impact assessments.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 21 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 24 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 24 Oct 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to require businesses to carry out data protection impact assessments.
24 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Oct 2024
Answer published
Article 35 of the UK GDPR already requires organisations to carry out a data protection impact assessment if the type of processing they are doing is likely to result in a high risk to the rights and freedoms of individuals.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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