United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 123876
Digital Service Providers: Data Protection
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25 March 2026
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14 April 2026 · Answer
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Summary
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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25 March 2026
Written question
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.
Source: Commons
14 April 2026
Answer
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...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-03-25/123876
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1894875
- uk · wq-1894875 · source updated 14 April 2026