Petition · past parliament

Make the child maintenance service abide by the data protection act and GDPR

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The child maintenance service are in breach of the data protection act and GDPR by sharing paying parents gross weekly, monthly and yearly income with receiving parents who are hostile and often use this information to make things worse for paying parent
First hand experience and written evidence sent to mp where they have confirmed on a recorded call does not match case notes or history and they don't know why

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can't accept your petition because it's not something the UK Government or Parliament is responsible for.

Enforcement of data protection law is the responsibility of the Information Commissioner. You can find out more about their role here:

https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/your-personal-information-concerns/

You could start a new petition setting how you would like data protection law changed if that is something you would like to see happen.

Timeline

28 Nov 2018 Petition opened for signatures
5 Dec 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 5 Dec 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.