Question follow-through · 10169

Internet: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using the Digital Information and Smart Data Bill to extend the list of cookie exemptions to include (a) advertising performance

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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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

  1. 21 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using the Digital Information and Smart Data Bill to extend the list of cookie exemptions to include (a) advertising performance

  2. 24 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 24 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    There is a balance to strike between driving growth and innovation whilst ensuring people retain appropriate choice and control about how their personal data captured by cookies is used. While we have not added this exemption to the face of the Data (Use ...

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