United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 65760
Social Media: Data Protection
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8 July 2025
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16 July 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of taking legislative steps to require social media platforms to enable users to transfer their (a) data, (b) content and (c) connect
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8 July 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of taking legislative steps to require social media platforms to enable users to transfer their (a) data, (b) content and (c) connect
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16 July 2025
Answer
Article 20 of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) already provides individuals with a right to ‘data portability’. It applies where an individual has provided their personal data to one data controller based on consent or a contract and wa...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-07-08/65760
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1820783
- uk · wq-1820783 · source updated 16 July 2025