Question follow-through · 123876
Digital Service Providers: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the data protection practices of overseas third-party age-verification providers operating under the Online Safety Act.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 25 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 14 Apr 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the data protection practices of overseas third-party age-verification providers operating under the Online Safety Act.
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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14 Apr 2026
Answer published
UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act impose obligations on data controllers – which include age verification services - to process data fairly, lawfully, and transparently. The UK’s data protection legislation provides for extraterritorial scope, which app...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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