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Direct Marketing: Personal Records

Commons · Question 81027 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 21 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Joshua Reynolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people can effectively exercise their legal right to object to the use of their personal data for direct marketing.

Answer

Answered by Ian Murray, 21 Oct 2025

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published information on the right to object to the processing of personal for the purpose of direct marketing here: Right to object | ICO.Anyone concerned about the handling of their personal data by any or...