Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Gateshead South)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2018 to Question 160146 on Ticketmaster, what discussions his Department has had with the (a) National Crime Agency and (b) National Cyber Security Centre on Ticketmaster's recent data breach.
Answered by Margot James
A cross-whitehall official led meeting was convened on 28 June 2018 to discuss the ticketmaster incident. Attendees included representatives from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the National Crime Agency and the National Cyber Security Centre.
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Gateshead South)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that (a) the recent data breach of Ticketmaster and (b) other data breaches do not reoccur; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Margot James
The Government takes both the protection of personal data and the right to privacy extremely seriously. The Data Protection Act 2018 makes our data protection laws fit for the digital age in which an ever increasing amount of data is being processed and empowers people to take control of their data.
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued a statement on the Ticketmaster breach on 27th June and guidance for customers was issued on its website on the 28th June. The National Crime Agency and NCSC continue to investigate this incident as a priority, including working with all parties to ascertain the full scale of the incident and to provide ongoing remediation advice. As part of this and broader mitigation advice, the NCSC and Information Commissioner’s Office have issued a set of General Data Protection Regulation Security Outcomes in order to ensure the appropriate security of personal data.
The NCSC supports the most critical organisations in the UK, the wider public sector, industry and SMEs. This include the provision of freely available guidance on its website which, if followed, enables institutions and companies to put measures in place to help protect themselves from cyber attacks. When incidents do occur, the NCSC provides effective incident response to minimise harm to the UK, help with recovery, and learn lessons for the future.
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Gateshead South)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Information Commissioners Office has plans to undertake an investigation into the data breach by Ticket Master.
Answered by Margot James
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) have been made aware of an issue concerning Ticketmaster and I can confirm that the Information Commissioner is making enquiries with the company. The ICO is looking at when the incident happened and when it was discovered as part of their work and this will inform whether it is dealt with under the 1998 or 2018 Data Protection Acts.
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Gateshead South)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of a 9.00pm watershed for TV advertisements for food and drinks that are high in fat, sugar and salt.
Answered by Margot James
As part of the Childhood Obesity Plan, the Government is investing millions in the National Institute for Health Research Obesity Policy Research Unit (OPRU) to look at evidence on how all forms of marketing affect children’s food preferences and consumption to help inform further thinking on this. The OPRU will begin publishing their findings later this year.