UK Data Protection Reform
Data (Use and Access) Bill 2024 (HL Bill 40 2024-25)
Progression of the Data (Use & Access) Bill 2024
“Digital Information & Smart Data Bill:
The Government wants to ensure we harness the power of data for economic
growth, to support a modern digital government, and to improve people’s lives.”
Data Protection & Digital Information Bill, and Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (No.2)
Progression of UK data protection reform under the Conservative governments
Progression of UK data protection reform under the Conservative governments
“The United Kingdom’s data protection regime will be reformed”
“Today, the Government is introducing the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill in the House of Commons... We now have the opportunity to seize the benefits of Brexit and transform the UK’s independent data laws. We have designed these new updates to our data protection framework so it works in our interests, protects our citizens, and unburdens our businesses. Through this Bill we will realise the opportunities of responsible data use whilst maintaining the UK’s high data protection standards... We are reducing the burdens on businesses that have held the UK back from the benefits of greater personal data use before now. By focussing on outcomes not box-ticking, we will unburden businesses from prescriptive requirements and empower them to protect personal data in the most proportionate and appropriate way.”
“... we will be replacing GDPR with our own business and consumer-friendly, British data protection system”
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As the Data (Use and Access) Bill continues its passage through the House of Lords, Handley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants summarise the second scrutiny session of the House of Lords’ Grand Committee on the Data (Use and Access) Bill on 10 December 2024, when peers began their consideration of the provisions of Part 5 of the Data (Use and Access) Bill on ‘Data protection and privacy’.