FOI release

Response: GOV.UK page on data protection

Published 23 September 2024

Reference number FOI2024-00359
Date of request 5 September 2024
Date of response 23 September 2024
Outcome Information disclosed

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (the department) received the following request for information which we responded to under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA):

Please provide me with recorded information about the creation of this particular i.e. any information about who created it [question 1], when and who it was last checked by [question 2] and why it is so inaccurate [question 3].

Our response

We can confirm that the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (the department) does hold some information in scope of your request.

Please see answers to your questions below:

Question 1:

The page titled ‘Data protection’ on the GOV.UK website was first published by the Government Digital Service on 15 November 2021.

Question 2:

The page was last updated by the Government Digital Service on 2 December 2022.

Question 3:

The department does not hold any recorded information which provides an assessment of the current accuracy of the content on the page.