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Data Protection Bill [HL]

Proceeding contribution from Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Labour) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 13 December 2017. It occurred during Debate on bills on Data Protection Bill [HL].

I am happy to withdraw my amendment this evening. I wanted to raise the issue here. The Minister cited the figure of £193 billion

lost through these and other forms of attacks—he went through a number of them—and this is a very serious matter. I hope that he is correct that companies are required to notify the Information Commissioner on the back of this legislation. This is very serious. I hope that he is correct that it is not necessary to go to the police—the sums of money that he mentioned are absolutely shocking. At one point, he said that the Information Commissioner can start prosecutions. That is fine, if we can find the people behind the crime and if they are in this country. If they are somewhere in lands far away, I wish him all the best, but I suspect that we will have some trouble in catching the perpetrators or bringing them to justice. My worry is that, because of reputational damage, companies will be reluctant to notify anyone about this stuff. It is very serious.

About this proceeding contribution

Reference

787 c1655 

Session

2017-19

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

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