In line with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the UK has now published a Data Protection Bill, which is intended to “make our data protection laws fit for the digital age…” The Overview Factsheet for this Bill may be found here. This legislative initiative parallels that of several other EU Member States that have introduced similar bills to implement the GDPR.
What does this mean for data protection laws in the UK and the impending GDPR, which is due to come into force throughout the EU on 25 May 2018?