Cryptography: Human Rights
Commons · Question 35952 · Tabled 5 Mar 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Joe Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that Government access to encrypted data is compliant with human rights standards.
Answer
Answered by Dan Jarvis, 12 Mar 2025
The UK has a longstanding position of protecting people’s privacy whilst also ensuring action can be taken against child sexual abusers and terrorists.The suggestion that cybersecurity and access to data by law enforcement are at odds is false. The Invest...