In a potential and positive development, the new Labour government has narrowed the scope of the proposed Digital Information and Smart Data (DISD) Bill by removing the parts relating to data protection law reform. The currently unsubstantiated news emerged via an Open Rights Group (ORG) blog article discussing what to expect from the DISD Bill when the details are released.
ORG states that it eagerly anticipates the arrival of the forthcoming proposals and aims to engage with the government and parliament once they do. Among the key areas of focus for the ORG are the modernisation of the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and the potential impact of regulatory divergence from the EU. ORG is also cautioning against industry efforts to reintroduce certain aspects of the Data Protection and Digital Information (DPDI) Bill that could undermine data protection and the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.
ORG highlights concerns over claims UK data protection law needs reform in order to facilitate the adoption of new technologies, viewing them as reminiscent of the dubious arguments made by corporate lobbyists and embraced by the previous Conservative government to advocate for the wholesale deregulation of the UK's data protection framework that the DPDI Bill would have introduced.
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