The Data Protection Bill Is Coming But Are You Ready?

On 7 August, the government issued a "statement of intent" in relation to the Data Protection Bill which will implement the much heralded EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) due to come into effect on 25 May 2018, and replace the current Data Protection Act in the UK.

So far, there has been a lot of uncertainty in relation to GDPR, in terms of exactly what it will look like in the UK, and the extent to which the key concepts that we are used to in the UK from the Data Protection Act will be retained. Further information on this has been expected from the government following the announcement in June of its plans to introduce a new Data Protection Bill.

The government's position, what we can expect, and when