My Lords, as I asked only four questions, I want to try to nail each one as we go. I am grateful to the Minister. Before we leave the matter of the kind of organisations to which this applies, I think that he is saying that the Bill would allow the DWP to request information from any kind of organisation, including phone companies, which I asked about specifically. The kinds of organisations are to be specified in regulations, which the Government will bring forward, initially naming financial institutions. By virtue of further regulations, could they extend that to anything—to Garmin, the people who monitor your runs, to gyms and to anyone else? Is that correct?
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Sherlock
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 24 April 2024.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Data Protection and Digital Information Bill.
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