{"value":{"id":1608956,"memberId":4284,"member":null,"memberRole":"Minister of State","uin":"HLWS687","dateMade":"2023-03-30T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":53,"answeringBodyName":"Cabinet Office","title":"Digital Guidance","text":"<p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Oliver Dowden CBE MP, has today made the following statement</p><p>The Government is today publishing new guidance on the use of non-corporate communication channels for government business. This supersedes the 2013 Guidance to departments on the use of private email.</p><p>The new guidance is aimed at ensuring that the government can use non-corporate communication channels when appropriate while considering the record-keeping, transparency, security and data protection implications. It takes account of the Information Commissioner’s report (<a href=\"https://ico.org.uk/media/about-the-ico/documents/4020886/behind-the-screens.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Behind the screens – maintaining government transparency and data security in the age of messaging apps</em></a>).</p><p>I have requested that a copy of <em>Using non-corporate communication channels (e.g. WhatsApp, private email, SMS) for government business</em> be deposited in the libraries of the Houses of Parliament. The guidance will be published on GOV.UK.</p><p><br><br></p><p><br><br></p>","house":"Lords","noticeNumber":0,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":1608957,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2023-03-30T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1608956","method":"GET"}]}