Details of UK Data Protection Reform Bill, Proposals for AI Regulation Come To Light - CPO Magazine

The details of the United Kingdom's data protection reform plans are solidifying with the release of the first public version of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (DPDIB), and the government has accompanied this with a set of new proposals for AI regulation. The new data protection reform bill is the first concrete shape of a new regulatory framework for the country as it breaks off from terms established under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), emerging from a consultation process that ran for nearly a year. The new AI regulation proposals consist of six core principles that attempt to balance consumer and general safety concerns with the needs and wants of the UK's $4.6 billion AI sector. The new data protection reform bill is the next step in the UK's gradual process of breaking entirely with the GDPR in the wake of "Brexit," with the current governing Data Protection Act 2018 largely mirroring those terms. The UK government has expressed a desire to set terms that are more business-friendly, but has to walk a careful path to avoid being considered an "inadequate" data exchange partner by the EU due to lack of GDPR parity.