The UK government has reintroduced new GDPR legislation that it claims will save businesses and charities as much as £4.7bn ($5.6bn) over the next decade while increasing data protection and privacy.
The Conservative government is keen to prove the benefits of Brexit, and the Data Protection and Digital Information (DPDI) bill will ensure compliance without affecting the validity of data with the EU or global trust in the UK. said it would reduce the “paperwork” of
Recognizing the need to protect and grow the digital economy, which is estimated to be worth £259bn ($307bn) to the UK in 2021, the government will need to protect and grow the digital economy, and the new law will help businesses understand how they comply with data laws. while providing greater flexibility in what to do, it reduces overall compliance. burden.
More specifically, it states that the proposed law would:
- Ensure that only organizations whose processing activities are likely to pose a ‘high risk’ to individual rights and freedoms should retain processing records, i.e. health data
- Allowing businesses to continue to use existing international data transfer mechanisms to share personal data abroad, provided they are already compliant with current UK data law
- Clarify that commercial organizations benefit from the same freedoms as academics to conduct innovative scientific research, including facilitating reuse of data for research purposes
- Increase business confidence about when personal data can be processed without consent
- Increase trust in AI by clarifying when safeguards apply to automated decision-making, such as individual profiling.
- Raise fines for spam calls and text messages to up to 4% of global turnover or £17.5m.
- Reduce the number of consent pop-ups people see online
- Introduce a new framework for optional digital identity verification
- Strengthen the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) by creating a new statutory commission for regulators.
The law, which was first introduced in the summer of 2022, has been put on hold while the government consults with experts, including industry groups and consumer rights groups. and trade association TechUK. The UK played a key role in shaping her GDPR prior to 2018, but the government was quick to highlight the new law as offering superior advantages over her EU-wide law. .
“Designed from the ground up in collaboration with business, this new bill will ensure that the all-important data protection regime is tailored to the UK’s own needs and our practices,” said Michelle, Technical Secretary. Donnellan claimed.
“Our new legislation will free UK business from unnecessary bureaucracy, unlock new discoveries, drive next-generation technology, create jobs and boost the economy.”
TechUK CEO Julian David also welcomed the new legislation.
“The changes announced today will allow companies to gain greater legal trust to conduct research, provide basic business services and develop new technologies such as AI, while allowing them to work with the EU. We are able to maintain a level of data protection that is in line with the highest global standards, including data validity,” he said.
Information Commissioner John Edwards said his office supports the bill’s “ambition to enable organizations to grow and innovate while maintaining a high standard of data protection rights.”
