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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Data Protection (10 July 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many data breaches his Department has reported to the Information Commissioner in each of the last five years.

Asked by:
Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)

Answer

There were no data breaches reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in all years except for the financial year 2018-19. In 2018-19, 11 personal data incidents were deemed sufficiently high risk to report to ICO, in line with the new data protection legislation introduced in May 2018.


Answered by:
Victoria Prentis (Conservative)
15 July 2020

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