Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords] – in the House of Commons at 6:00 pm on 7 May 2025.
Amendment made: 35, page 225, line 13, at end insert—
“21A In section 170(2)(a) (unlawful obtaining etc of personal data), after “preventing” insert “, investigating”.
21B (1) Section 171 (re-identification of de-identified personal data) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (3)(a), after “preventing” insert “, investigating”.
(3) In subsection (6)(a), after “preventing” insert “, investigating”.”—(Chris Bryant.)
This amendment adds references to investigating crime to existing references in the Data Protection Act 2018 to detecting or preventing crime. (There are similar amendments in paragraphs 23, 26(2) and (3), 27(2) and (3) and 29 of Schedule 11.)
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