The minister in charge of the Government's Data Protection policy has created an app which appears to break these very rules, after promising British people will "have more control over their data."

Matt Hancock MP excitedly launched his new app to engage with constituents - named after himself - on Thursday morning, but it has been described as a "comedy of errors" by data protection experts.

It is full of posts about the Digital and Culture minister, allows users to add friends, and post their own thoughts as well as asking him questions. However, data protection experts have said the app has many data protection and privacy issues, as well as being very loosely moderated, with some users posing as Boris Johnson, Theresa May and Matt Hancock, and even posting pornography.

One data protection rule the app appears to break concerns its Privacy Policy, which isn't linked to on the App store and is for iOs users only viewable once the app has been downloaded and the user's data has already been taken.

According to experts, this means it possibly does not meet the ICO's ‘Privacy in Mobile Apps Guidance', which directs apps to gain informed consent before the user gives away their data.