Culture Secretary, Nadine Dorries, is expected to present the government's controversial Data Protection and Digital Information Bill for its second reading in the House of Commons today. Speaking about the proposed legislation, Dorries described it as "one of Brexit's biggest rewards" that will "drop unnecessary box-ticking and measures stifling British businesses."
Ahead of the debate, the Local Government Association (LGA) released a statement about the Bill, saying they are "disappointed the Bill removes the existing requirement to designate a data protection officer. Although the proposal is now to replace this with a Senior Responsible Individual, this is a person at Senior Management Team level who would not have the time or experience to undertake much of what the data protection officer did."
UPDATE 050922 - Tech Monitor reports the second reading in Parliament of the controversial Data Protection and Digital Information Bill was postponed less than 24 hours after it was announced following the announcement of Liz Truss as the UK's new prime minister. Leader of the House Mark Spencer confirmed, "following the election of the new leader of the Conservative Party, the business managers have agreed that the government will not move the second reading and other motions relating to the data protection and digital information bill today." No new date has yet been set for the second reading of the Bill to take place.
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