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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will take action to ban the sale of child-tracking smartwatches following research which has found that devices neither encrypt the data used nor secure each child’s account.  HL11615

Question HL11615: tabled on 20 November 2018 and due for answer by 4 December 2018

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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will take action to ban the sale of child-tracking smartwatches following research which has found that devices neither encrypt the data used nor secure each child’s account.  HL11615
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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath has declared the following interests relevant to this item of business.

My brother-in-law owns Happy Computers, which also trades as Happy Ltd, and is paid by Parliament and government departments for training programmes; my step-son is a partner in an IT company, Pen Test Partners LLP which works in the public and private sectors; they have a number of contracts with parliament and various government departments either directly or through system integration companies; from 1 April 2023, member's wife became an independent consultant advising and training in British Values and Prevent for FE Institutions which are funded by DfE; from 23 September 2024, my daughter (Phillipa Hunt) was appointed Director of Communications and Marketing at Back Up (charity dedicated to supporting people with spinal cord injury get the most out of life - Back Up is in receipt of funds from NHS England and other NHS bodies)

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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Labour
Life peer