Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 122037
Internet: Age Assurance
Tabled: 18 March 2026
Answered: 23 March 2026
Named DayQuestion
Sojan Joseph
Labour — Ashford
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the rules governing data protection that require sites and services using age verification to delete submitted information once tha
Answer
Ian MurrayThe Government has not undertaken a specific assessment of the effectiveness of rules requiring the deletion of data submitted for age verification once it has been used.The UK’s data protection framework requires personal data to be minimised and not ret...
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