| Heading: |
Cybercrime: Compensation and Fines |
| Question ID: |
1802681 |
| UIN: |
HL7455 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-13 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1796 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Taylor of Warwick
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| Asking Member handle: |
Lord_ofWarwick
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@Lord_ofWarwick
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implementation of fines or enforcement of compensation schemes on companies for the loss or theft of individuals’ personal data. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-28 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
3792 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
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| Answering Member handle: |
WhitchurchGirl
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@WhitchurchGirl
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| Answer text: |
The law provides individuals with the right to claim compensation from an organisation if they have suffered damage because of it breaking data protection law, such as through insufficient security of an individuals’ personal data.The Information Commissi... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |