We work hard to reflect the latest breaking news on all our courses with informed predictions about what next is on the horizon. This certainly includes the Data Use and Access Bill which will impact both on PECR and the UK GDPR Data Protection Act.
Draft 2025 legislation already includes:-
- New Digital Verification Services. Helping with things like moving house, pre-employment checks, and buying age restricted goods and services
- Smart Data schemes, which is about the secure sharing of a customer’s data upon their request, with authorised third-party providers
- Stronger information standards for IT suppliers in the health and social care system.
- Broader definitions of consent for areas of scientific research, allowing legitimate researchers in commercial settings to make equal use of the UK data regime.
- Modernising and strengthening the ICO. It will be transformed into a more modern regulatory structure, with a CEO, board and chair