United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 41372
Electronic Surveillance
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29 April 2020
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12 May 2020 · Answer
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12 May 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to (a) regulate, (b) supervise and (c) control the sale of covert listening and filming devices.
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29 April 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to (a) regulate, (b) supervise and (c) control the sale of covert listening and filming devices.
Source: Commons
12 May 2020
Answer
Private organisations using surveillance equipment will need to ensure that their use of this equipment complies with the UK’s data protection laws. Our data protection laws impose strict obligations on both individuals and organisations to process people...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-04-29/41372
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1191696
- uk · wq-1191696 · source updated 12 May 2020