Question follow-through · 108349
Email: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what safeguards are in place to ensure that automated analysis by private tech companies of the content of private email complies with the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 26 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 29 Jan 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what safeguards are in place to ensure that automated analysis by private tech companies of the content of private email complies with the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the
29 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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29 Jan 2026
Answer published
The UK’s data protection legislation applies to any processing of personal data regardless of the technology being used. Technology companies that screen or analyse personal emails must identify an appropriate legal ground for doing so, such as obtaining ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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