New Clause 35: Data Protection and Digital  Information Bill
New Clause 35 - Retention of information by providers of internet services in connection with death of child
“(1) The Online Safety Act 2023 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 100 (power to require information)—
(a) omit subsection (7);
(b) after subsection (8) insert—
“(8A) The power to give a notice conferred by subsection (1) does not include power to require processing of personal data that would contravene the data protection legislation (but in determining whether processing of personal data would do so, the duty imposed by the notice is to be taken into account).”
(3) In section 101 (information in connection with investigation into death of child)—
(a) before subsection (1) insert—
“(A1) Subsection (D1) applies if a senior coroner (in England and Wales), a procurator fiscal (in Scotland) or a coroner (in Northern Ireland) (“the investigating authority”)—
(a) notifies OFCOM that—
(i) they are conducting an investigation, or are due to conduct an investigation, in connection with the death of a child, and
(ii) they suspect that the child may have taken their own life, and
(b) provides OFCOM with the details in subsection (B1).