Data Protection and Digital Information Bill

Commons bill Government Bill 2023-24

Committee stage ยท Lords
Sponsor
Michelle Donelan (Conservative)
+ 1 co-sponsor
  • Viscount Camrose (Conservative)
Introduced
8 March 2023
Last activity
20 March 2024
About this bill

A Bill to make provision for the regulation of the processing of information relating to identified or identifiable living individuals; to make provision about services consisting of the use of information to ascertain and verify facts about individuals; to make provision about access to customer data and business data; to make provision about privacy and electronic communications; to make provision about services for the provision of electronic signatures, electronic seals and other trust services; to make provision about the disclosure of information to improve public service delivery; to make provision for the implementation of agreements on sharing information for law enforcement purposes; to make provision about the keeping and maintenance of registers of births and deaths; to make provision about information standards for health and social care; to establish the Information Commission; to make provision about oversight of biometric data; and for connected purposes.

Parliamentary stages

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Commons
โœ“ First reading 8 Mar 2023
โœ“ Second reading 17 Apr 2023โ†—
โœ“ Programme motion 17 Apr 2023
โœ“ Ways and Means resolution 17 Apr 2023
โœ“ Money resolution 17 Apr 2023
โœ“ Carry-over motion 17 Apr 2023
โ— Committee stage 10 May 2023โ†—
โ—‹ First reading 8 Nov 2023
โ—‹ Second reading 8 Nov 2023
โ—‹ Report stage 29 Nov 2023
โ—‹ Third reading 29 Nov 2023
โ—‹ Carry-over motion 7 Feb 2024
Lords
โ—‹ First reading 6 Dec 2023
โ—‹ Second reading 19 Dec 2023
โ—‹ Committee stage 20 Mar 2024
Final stages

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What this bill is about

From the Explanatory Notes (December 2023):

1 This Bill is intended to update and simplify the UKโ€™s data protection framework with a view to reducing burdens on organisations while maintaining high data protection standards. 2 The Bill would provide organisations with greater flexibility on how to comply with certain aspects of the data protection legislation; improving the clarity of the framework, particularly for research organisations; and providing more certainty and stability for cross-border flows of personal data. It also extends data sharing powers under section 35 of the Digital Economy Act (DEA) 2017 to include businesses, wโ€ฆ
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