On 18 July 2022, the UK government introduced the new Data
Protection and Digital Information Bill (Bill).
What is the Bill?
The new Data Protection and Digital Information Bill contains
the government's proposals to reform the UK's data
protection regime. The Bill quickly follows the government's
publication in June of its response to its consultation on the Data
Reform Bill carried out in Autumn 2021. The publication of the Bill
in the final week before parliament's summer recess reflects
the political importance of data reform to this government.
While the proposals in the Bill are not a radical divergence
from the existing UK and EU data protection frameworks, they
demonstrate the UK Government's ambition to ease data
compliance burdens on businesses and improve data sharing
practices.
