The Data (Use and Access) Bill (“DUA Bill”)[1] had its second reading on 19th November 2024 after being introduced in the House of Lords on 23 October and the Bill is anticipated to enter the Lords’ Committee stage in December. According to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, the DUA Bill will
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The UK Parliament was dissolved on 30th May 2024 ahead of the upcoming July general election and before the Government’s Data Protection and Digital Information (DPDI) Bill could be passed in the “wash up period”1. Like other proposed laws which were not enacted prior to the dissolution of Parliament, the Bill is considered failed and will not be carried over to the new Parliament (even if the Conservatives are re-elected, it will need to be re-presented).
This Bill was the second version of the DPDI Bill – the first version was presented to Parliament in July 2022. Its stated goal was to revise the UK’s data protection laws post-Brexit and reduce red tape and paperwork for UK businesses2. However, as we observed in a previous post, the creation of a UK data protection regime that diverged further from the regime in the EU would have had the opposite effect for any international UK (and other) businesses already subject to EU GDPR and other data protection laws.
In addition, the DPDI Bill aimed to:
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What is the PSTI?
It is a new UK legislation which aims to regulate cyber security for home networks and IoT devices. It applies together with The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products) Regulations 2023 (“The Regulations”).
When does the PSTI enter into force?
29 April 2024.
What products does
The UK Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (the Bill) received its second reading in the House of Lords on 19 December 2023. Although the Bill cleared that crucial milestone, the debate focused on the government’s last-minute introduction of sweeping powers enabling the Secretary of State to require banks and other financial service providers to monitor and to provide information from accounts into which benefits are paid. Although ostensibly intended to identify fraud, the Lords echoed the view expressed by campaigning group, Big Brother Watch, that it would be:
“wholly inappropriate for the UK Government to order private banks, building societies and other financial services to conduct mass, algorithmic, suspicionless surveillance and reporting of their account holders on behalf of the state”.Continue Reading Government access to personal data in bank accounts: a compliance challenge for banks, and a threat to EU adequacy?
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