Select committee: Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Second Special Report - Connected tech: smart or sinister?: Government and the Information Commissioner’s Office Response to the Committee’s Tenth Report of Session 2022–23
Published 24 November 2023
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee Connected tech: smart or sinister? Report on parliament.uk ↗
At a glance
The government's response
This document responds to Tenth Report - Connected tech: smart or sinister?.
This is the government's response, published 24 November 2023.
Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.The government states that it "partially accept[s] the majority" of the Committee's conclusions and recommendations, and where it has not accepted them it points to existing or planned actions.
- On the Age-Appropriate Design Code, it agrees, stating it "will ensure" forthcoming data protection reforms "do not undermine any aspect" of the code, with the ICO to update guidance once the Bill receives Royal Assent.
- On data protection reform and ICO governance, it does not agree, saying reforms are "compatible with maintaining free flow of personal data from Europe" and that the Statement of Strategic Priorities will be subject to parliamentary oversight.
- On privacy interfaces, it partially accepts, does not agree with being "overly prescriptive", and will engage interest groups "in the months ahead" on simpler and more granular cookie choices.
- On product security, it partially accepts, saying there is no current evidence it would be proportionate to mandate requirements beyond the initial three, but it "will not hesitate" to mandate more "if necessary".
What the committee recommended
This is a government response document, so it has no recommendations of its own.