Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that regulatory monitoring of wearable recording devices does not impose restrictions on the use of smart technology for private, domestic and legitimate everyday purposes.

The Information Commissioner’s Office is responsible for monitoring and enforcing the application of the UK’s data protection legislation, independently of government.

Personal data processed in the course of a purely personal, private or domestic activity, with no connection to a professional or commercial activity, is outside the scope of the UK’s data protection legislation – regardless of the technology being used.