UK employers have just about got used to the idea of GDPR, but
the government has launched a consultation on reforms to the data
protection regime.
Background
The GDPR (a.k.a., the EU's General Data Protection
Regulation), was implemented in the UK pre-Brexit in 2018. After
Brexit, GDPR was cemented into UK law (with some small UK specific
tweaks) and UK employers are required to ensure that their
contracts, policies and practices comply with it.
Now that the UK is no longer part of the European Union, the UK
is consulting on whether it can "reshape its
approach" to data privacy legislation (in the words of
the government).
Some of the key proposals which may be of interest to employers
are as follows:
