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Data Protection and Digital Information 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.

The story so farThe Data Protection and Digital Information Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 18 July 2022 by Ms Nadine Dorries (Conservative). It was withdrawn on 8 March 2023 and will make no further progress.

Progress through Parliament

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 5 May 2023.