United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 35950
Cybersecurity
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5 March 2025
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12 March 2025 · Answer
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12 March 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of requiring technology companies to build backdoors into encrypted systems on public (a) safety and (b) privacy.
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5 March 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of requiring technology companies to build backdoors into encrypted systems on public (a) safety and (b) privacy.
Source: Commons
12 March 2025
Answer
The UK has a longstanding position of protecting people’s privacy whilst also ensuring action can be taken against child sexual abusers and terrorists.The suggestion that cybersecurity and access to data by law enforcement are at odds is false. The Invest...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-05/35950
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1781593
- uk · wq-1781593 · source updated 12 March 2025