The Daily Telegraph published a story on Monday, October 4 highlighting the continuing challenges of cybersecurity and the changes all Parliamentarians are making to reduce the risk.

These are important steps and it’s great to see it getting mainstream attention.

However, there was a number of points to clarify in the report and that is that when I send out emails to invite people to fundraisers, they are always sent from a private email address.

I pay privately for the MailChimp subscription I use; taxpayer funds are not used to pay for this third-party service.

My team and I work hard to ensure we are always within the strict rules set for MPs.

The Daily Telegraph was contacted to clarify the report online the day after publication (October 5).

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