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ICO comments on Data Bill

The ICO, in its response to the Data (Use and Access) (DUA) Bill has described it as ‘a positive package of reforms’. Some highlights from the ICO’s response include:

“Automated decision-making (ADM) will be possible regardless of the organisation’s lawful basis, as long as suitable safeguards are in place. Most significantly, this will now allow organisations to rely upon legitimate interests for this type of processing. In my view, this strikes a good balance between facilitating the benefits of automation and maintaining additional protection for special category data.”