Government Announces Proposals For A New Data Protection Bill

The government has released a Statement of Intent ("the Statement") for a new Data Protection Bill ("the Bill"). The Bill was originally announced in the Queen's Speech earlier this year (see our previous blog on this). This Statement provides further detail on the government's proposed reforms to data protection laws in the UK.

The Bill is intended to "bring EU law into domestic law" – referring to both the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") and the Data Protection Law Enforcement Directive ("DPLED"), which come into force next year. Essentially, the Bill helps the UK to prepare for post-Brexit and facilitate the uninterrupted flow of data between the UK and the EU.