New Data Bill will support wider data sharing
Organisations that comply with the UK GDPR should be mostly compliant with the new law, which hopefully will not jeopardise EU adequacy. By Laura Linkomies.
The finer details of the Data (Use and Access) Bill(1) (DUAB) were clarified by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and the ICO at a recent Briefing(2) organised by PL&B together with Linklaters. Owen Rowland, Deputy Director at DSIT explained the Bill’s overall aims “to enable economic growth, modern digital government and to improve peoples lives”. He said that this includes ensuring that the UK retains its EU adequacy decisions, which the European Commission will review in June 2025.
While the new Bill includes changes, for example, to data sharing, legitimate interests, automated decision-making and cookie provisions, Seema Mistry, Head of Legislative Reform at the ICO stressed that organisations already complying with UK GDPR will be mostly compliant with the new law. She said that this was a “balanced package of reforms” and while the ICO supports the Bill, the responsibility for drafting lies with DSIT.
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