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Commons · Question 35954 · 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 is taking to help ensure that backdoor access to encrypted data is not misused by unauthorised actors.

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...