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The right to privacy: digital data

Inquiry

Effectively sharing data across and between Government and industry has a number of potential benefits, but there are risks to doing so too. A key issue is public trust and the need for transparency with respect to how individuals’ data is used and shared. The Government’s December 2020 National Data Strategy and its more recent draft strategy, ‘data saves lives: reshaping health and social care with data’, address aspects of this. Specifically, the latter sets out an aim to “share anonymous data safely and appropriately across the entire health system”, which has raised concerns amongst patient groups and some privacy campaigners.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Friday 28 January 2022.

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Past events

Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
8 June 2022 - 8:55am to 12:30pm
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
11 May 2022 - 9:20am to 12:30pm
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
20 April 2022 - 9:20am to 12:20pm
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
23 March 2022 - 9:20am to 12:20pm
Room 6, Palace of Westminster

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