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ARTICLE · 24 NOVEMBER 2016

General Data Protection Regulation: UK Will Implement The EU Regulation In May 2018

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The EU General Data Protection Regulation (the "Data Regulation") was adopted by the European Parliament in April 2016 and will be implemented in the UK in May 2018.

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The EU General Data Protection Regulation (the "Data Regulation") was adopted by the European Parliament in April 2016 and will be implemented in the UK in May 2018.

The aim of the Data Regulation is to harmonise the law and regulatory approaches to data protection, across the EU and strengthen the rights that individuals have over their data. In the UK, the Data Regulation will replace the Data Protection Act. 

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) will continue to be the UK's regulatory authority in relation to data protection but will have to ensure that it acts consistently with other regulators across the EU.  How the UK's application of the Data Regulation and monitoring of consistency will work in practice after Brexit has yet to be decided.

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