Question follow-through · 44604
Internet: Privacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if his Department will take steps to strengthen consumers' online privacy protections.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 7 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if his Department will take steps to strengthen consumers' online privacy protections.
22 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2025
Answer published
The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) apply to all online services that use personal data and require organisations to process personal data lawfully, fairly, transparently and securely, unless certain ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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