In a statement of intent the Government has committed to updating and strengthening data protection laws through a new Data Protection Bill. It is intended to provide everyone with the confidence that their data will be managed securely and safely.
The Data Protection Bill will:
- Make it simpler to withdraw consent for the use of personal data
- Allow people to ask for their personal data held by companies to be erased
- Enable parents and guardians to give consent for their child’s data to be used
- Require ‘explicit’ consent to be necessary for processing sensitive personal data
- Expand the definition of ‘personal data’ to include IP addresses, internet cookies and DNA
- Update and strengthen data protection law to reflect the changing nature and scope of the digital economy
- Make it easier and free for individuals to require an organisation to disclose the personal data it holds on them; and
- Make it easier for customers to move data between service providers.
The Bill will bring the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) into UK law, helping Britain prepare for a successful Brexit. The Government has also published the responses to its consultation on implementing the GDPR to which the Heritage Alliance responded.