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Cabinet Office written question – answered am ar 17 Gorffennaf 2013.

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Photo of Chi Onwurah Chi Onwurah Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office)

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2013, Official Report, columns 496-7W, on cybercrime, whether the Government has requested or obtained data from (a) Google, (b) Facebook and (c) Microsoft better to understand the online behaviour of different segments of consumers and small to medium sized-enterprises.

Photo of Chloe Smith Chloe Smith The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office

Further to my answer of 1 July 2013, Hansard, columns 496-7W, on cybercrime, through the National Cyber Security Programme we have funded research into better understanding the online behaviour of different segments of consumers and SMEs through work done by the National Fraud Authority. This segmentation work was conducted through a number of commissioned research studies allowing us to understand the specific vulnerabilities of individuals and SMEs by their attitudes and behaviours when online, and to target them with specific messages, delivered at the right time, through the right channels to make a measurable impact. The research has informed the development of a new cyber security public awareness campaign to be launched later this year.

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