United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 11478
Armed Forces: Data Protection
Introduced
7 June 2021
Last action
10 June 2021 · Answer
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Answered
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Defence
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10 June 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will commission an internal review into how the personal data of UK Armed Forces personnel was leaked through WhatsApp in June 2021.
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7 June 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will commission an internal review into how the personal data of UK Armed Forces personnel was leaked through WhatsApp in June 2021.
Source: Commons
10 June 2021
Answer
The longstanding position of successive Governments is not to comment on UK Special Forces personnel as to do so would put those personnel and operations at risk.An investigation into this matter is ongoing and is being conducted by the Royal Military Pol...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-06-07/11478
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1330013
- uk · wq-1330013 · source updated 10 June 2021