Graeme Dey: ...fair access.” However, our approach should not be to the exclusion of those who face similar barriers but who live in areas where their address is less likely to be classed as deprived. The access data short-life working group was established in 2023 to assess which other measures should be used. In its final report, the working group recommended that free school meals and the Scottish...
Lord Clement-Jones: ..., Lord Sikka, reminded us of the existing difficulties of making those subject access requests. Clause 12, added on Report in the Commons, further tips power away from the individual’s ability to access data. There are also changes to the automated decision-making provisions under Article 22 of the GDPR—the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, reminded us of the importance of the human in the...
Stephanie Peacock: ...beneficial advertising partnerships on which commercial radio naturally relies, alongside many of our other creative industries. I realise the vital importance of radio stations being able to access data for their audiences, regardless of the fact that such audiences might be listening through a smart speaker. I therefore appreciate the intent of amendments 48 and 49, which seek to ensure...
Lord Sharpe of Epsom: ...and proportionality considerations. An operator does not need to be subject to an IPA notice in order to receive and give effect to an IPA authorisation or warrant that is required to lawfully access data. It is this access to data—where IPA notices are not already in place—that the notification requirement intends to protect. I reassure noble Lords, once again, that the IPA includes...
Lord Coaker: ...Act also talks about access to data, about intelligence services having to have consent and about intelligence agencies having various conditions applied to them when seeking authorisations to access data, it would be helpful to the Committee to understand which applies to the authorisations and how the various pieces of legislation interact with each other. Otherwise, we have what is...
John Whittingdale: ...plan, published in 2022, contains a provision outlining the DWP’s intention to bring forward new powers that would boost access to data held by third parties. The amendment will enable the DWP to access data held by third parties at scale where the information signals potential fraud or error. That will allow the DWP to detect fraud and error more proactively and protect taxpayers’...
Andrew Stephenson: The Federated Data Platform (FDP) will not be the route to access data for research purposes. Secure access to NHS data for research purposes will be provided through the NHS Research Secure Data Environment Network. The software will provide a very high standard of security due to the purpose-based access controls, limiting access to data to specific individuals for a specific purpose,...
Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede: ...telecommunications operators, requiring them to inform the Government of proposed changes to their products and services that could negatively impact the current ability of agencies to lawfully access data. I was going to say something about the contributions of the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, to the review of this legislation. My understanding is that all the noble Lord’s recommendations...
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch: ...Safety Act and will work with Ofcom to ensure swift and effective implementation, we recognise that further regulation may well be necessary—for example, around the right of bereaved parents to access data when their child’s death involves social media platforms. We look forward to the debates on the two carry-over Bills, particularly to protect consumers and to ensure that the new...
Sarah Boyack: That is an excellent point, and it came across at the event last night. Young people are actually very well organised and one thing that struck me is their ability to access data through digital connectivity. That is something that they are increasingly using, so it would be good if schools could match that approach. One of the things that has been discussed a lot today is that the transition...
Will Quince: ..., and about how to best to meet the duty of transparency and open communication. It has published clear and accessible information, and will continue to do so, including details about who will access data and for what purpose. Where possible, public information will be co-created with public/patient groups and representatives. The FDP programme will: be clear about people’s rights and...
Lord Allan of Hallam: ..., I quite admire the people who have only first names and live in Cheltenham, because I think what they do does keep us safe. That is what we pay them to do: to be creative and find creative ways to access data under lawful authority, et cetera, fully respecting human rights. I have confidence that those I have met do that and they do a great job; but we pay them to be creative and find...
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: My Lords, as I set out in Committee, the Government are bringing forward a package of amendments to address the challenges that bereaved parents and coroners have faced when seeking to access data after the death of a child. These amendments have been developed after consultation with those who, so sadly, have first-hand experience of these challenges. I thank in particular the families of...
Lord Purvis of Tweed: ...a property, there is no mechanism that is open. I hope that that loophole will be closed. The Government have been clear in their guidance on the duties on the public and competent authorities to access data for unexplained wealth orders, so we should be in a better position. Finally, as I said in the previous debate, this is likely to be the most expensive year coming up in British...
Graeme Dey: ...disadvantages, including in rural areas. That is why we have established a working group to consider what other measures could be used alongside the SIMD to support our work on fair access. The access data short-life working group is currently due to report its recommendations to ministers in September this year. We will continue to work with the sectors and the commissioner to ensure that...
Baroness Kidron: I wonder whether the Minister has an answer to the academic community, who now see their European colleagues getting ahead through being able to access data through other legislation in other parts of the world. Also, we have a lot of faith in Ofcom, but it seems a mistake to let it be the only arbiter of what needs to be seen.
Edward Argar: ..., whether they were inquests or other public bodies performing their work in the aftermath of a major incident. There have been a number of calls for the IPA to be a data controller, so that it can access data. We heard this morning from another lawyer, Tim Suter, who argued that that would not be the best approach and that individual public bodies should remain the data controllers, but...
Lord Clement-Jones: ...of finding closure in the absence of answers. The noble Baroness, Lady Newlove, said in her very moving speech that a humane process must be established for bereaved families and coroners to access data pertinent to the death of a child. That is what we have been seeking, and I pay tribute to the relentless way in which the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, has pursued this issue on behalf of...
Ben Macpherson: ...-level data—that is, the 20 per cent most deprived areas according to the Scottish index of multiple deprivation—as a tool for identifying disadvantage. It acknowledges the creation of the access data short-life working group earlier this year to improve that situation. That relates to the points that Martin Whitfield raised in an intervention. I once again thank fellow committee...
Richard Lochhead: We must think about how we manage and access data in this country. We are debating this subject today because we are not quite sure what the future is, so it is difficult to answer that question. We must constantly evolve and adapt as we learn about the consequences and potential of AI. That is really important. Willie Rennie mentioned the importance of politicians and Parliament having good...