Question follow-through · 102677
Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of a targeted online audience-led approach to Government communications on data protection.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 2 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 6 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 12 Jan 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of a targeted online audience-led approach to Government communications on data protection.
6 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Jan 2026
Answer published
Data protection impact assessments are conducted by all departments running campaigns to build necessary privacy safeguards to ensure transparency, fairness and security.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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