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UK and EU information law: Data (Use and Access) Bill, ICO AI code, adequacy extension, GDPR procedural reform, Cyber Resilience Act consultation, and Adams v Amazon privacy/libel ruling

Published on: 20 March 2025

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Data protection

UK data reform bill will be ready this spring, minister says

MLex: The UK Data (Use and Access) Bill is expected in spring 2025, data minister Chris Bryant said at a conference on 12 March 2025, following lawmakers’ concerns raised the previous day about the bill’s impact on EU–UK data adequacy. See News Analysis: UK data reform bill will be ready this spring, minister says.

ICO announces new AI code and regulatory sandbox expansion to support growth

On 17 March 2025, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) outlined five actions to balance data protection with economic growth. These include producing a statutory Code of Practice on artificial intelligence and automated decision-making, broadening its regulatory sandbox for data-driven innovation, softening enforcement of consent rules for privacy-preserving advertising, expanding SME data protection training, and issuing new guidance on international data transfers to back cross-border trade. See: LNB News 18/03/2025 41.

Commission proposes six-month extension of UK data adequacy decisions

The European Commission has proposed a six-month prolongation of the two 2021 adequacy decisions with the UK, ensuring the continued, ongoing and uninterrupted status thereof...

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