The incoming Labour Government has expanded the role of the Department for Science, Industry and Technology (DSIT) by transferring many IT/data related functions from other parts of Government (mainly the Cabinet Office) into DSIT. The objective is to make DSIT

Although the DPDI Bill is dead, you have probably missed the addition to the right to erasure (Article 17 of the UK_GDPR) which was made during “wash-up” period (last month) via another piece of legislation (the Victims and Prisoners Act

When a Prime Minister calls a General Election, the Official Opposition in Parliament becomes very powerful. The reason is that the two main political parties can agree to enact outstanding and uncontroversial pieces of legislation (e.g. in this case, before

If, on April 1st, I reported that a cabal of controllers could club together and draft a Code of Practice that establishes their legal compliance with the UK’s data protection regime, you would probably say that this was too far-fetched

Late on Good Friday (a very good time to bury “bad” news), the Government quietly tabled an amendment to the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (DPDI Bill) which extends the definition of personal data to include bequests and comments,

Speakers at the Data Protection Forum in early March reinforced my reasoning that the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (“DPDI Bill”) should be used as a vehicle to implement the EU’s AI Act. [Obviously my Petition which states this

I am asking readers to sign my Petition on the Parliamentary web-site (see end of this blog); most of the blog’s text explains why you should sign. In summary, the Petition states that the Government would be negligent if it