Written Question·Home Office·UIN 35953

Privacy

Tabled: 5 March 2025

Answered: 12 March 2025

Question

Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to protect people's (a) privacy and (b) security in the context of Government access to encrypted data.

Answer

Dan Jarvis

The UK has a longstanding position of protecting people’s privacy whilst also ensuring action can be taken against child sexual abusers and terrorists.The suggestion that cybersecurity and access to data by law enforcement are at odds is false. The Invest...

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