Professor Ottoline Leyser wrote to Lord Patel, Chair of the Lords Science and Technology Committee to clarify a couple of issues that were raised during a Committee evidence session relating to the Data Protection Bill and the creation of a stewardship body, as recommended by the Society's report Data management and use: Government in the 21st Century.
The letter comments on the government's plans to establish a Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, outlined in the 2017 Budget and Industrial Strategy.