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UK data protection and digital information bill explained
Journal of Data Protection & Privacy,
5
(3),
242-253
(2023)
Abstract
It has been more than four years since the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was applied to the UK, as supplemented by the Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018.1 Since then, the UK has left the EU. Having reflected on the advantages and disadvantages of the current framework, the government identified and consulted on several areas where it considered improvements could be made that would benefit those who process personal data while retaining high data protection standards. Any revised legislation may have impacts on the UK's adequacy as well as trading abilities throughout the EU. This article will review the current status of the bill together with a review relating to the impact of the proposed legislation within the UK.
Keywords: data protection and digital information; UK adequacy; data protection; risk assessment; UK GDPR; senior responsible individual; biometrics and surveillance; cookies
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Author's Biography
Steve Wilkinson An industry expert with more than 20 years of successful experience, Steve Wilkinson stands at the forefront of the fast - moving world of data privacy. He has spent the past seven years bringing old-style privacy awareness into the 21st century. Coming from a risk and compliance background, Steve is a person with a risk-based approach to data privacy security systems and with deep privacy industry knowledge. Steve has championed awareness of regulatory compliance for a number of years, promoting it to small companies as well as large and governmental departments and providing information and recommendations to the regulatory authorities as well as to the UK and US governments (the Data Protection Act [ DPA ] 2018 and the US Privacy Act). Steve has been a guest speaker at more than a dozen events in the past two years, mainly speaking on the impacts of privacy and data protection on a global platform. Steve has worked on the United Kingdom’s Brexit programme within DEFRA as well as Cookie implementation for the Cabinet Office covering all .gov websites. In addition to speaking events, Steve also lectures at Henley Business School (affiliated to Harvard) on both their General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and CEO leadership programmes. Steve is seen by many as ‘probably the leading data privacy expert in enforcement in the world’, a statement provided by many whom he works with. Steve is the data protection officer (DPO) and regulatory council at Lebara Telecom but also takes time to assist companies in tackling the data privacy landscape on a global basis, advising government departments as well as private companies. Steve has also developed many e-learning courses and was the first person in the UK to develop and run an e-learning course for academic institutions.
