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Ministerial portfolios have been announced by the UK's Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, including Chris Bryant as Minister of State for Data Protection (!) and Telecoms www.gov.uk/government/o...

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July 19, 2024 at 1:48 PM
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Bloke from Yoti says it's likely the UK Government will publish a "draft" of the Digital Information and Smart Data Bill in the next few weeks www.linkedin.com/posts/robin-...

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October 14, 2024 at 10:21 AM
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Not mentioned in the #KingsSpeech itself, but UK Government bills for this Parliament include a Digital Information and Smart Data Bill www.gov.uk/government/p...

Basically a subset of less contentious measures in the aborted #DPDIBill.

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Digital Information and Smart Data Bill ● The Government wants to ensure we harness the power of data for economic growth, to support a modern digital government, and to improve people's lives. ● The Bill will enable new innovative uses of data to be safely developed and deployed and will improve people's lives by making public services work better by reforming data sharing and standards; help scientists and researchers make more life enhancing discoveries by improving our data laws; and ensure your data is well protected by giving the regulator (the ICO) new, stronger powers and a more modern structure. These measures start delivering on the Government's commitment to better serve the British public through science and technology.
July 17, 2024 at 12:41 PM
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UK Lords push bill to tame rogue algorithms in public sector www.theregister.com/2024/09/10/u...

Public Authority Algorithmic and Automated Decision-Making Systems Bill bills.parliament.uk/bills/3760

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Under Lord Clement-Jones' proposals, if an automated decision affects social security benefits, immigration, or similar, a citizen would have a right to access the information on why the decision was made so that they could challenge it. The proposed bill says public authorities should publish impact assessments of any automated or AI algorithms they use to make decisions, and to keep a transparency register on automated decision making. It also obliges the government to provide an independent dispute resolution service for people who want to challenge any decisions made about them.
September 10, 2024 at 9:27 PM
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FWIW, Lord Holmes said on LinkedIn yesterday that he was looking out for the Digital Information and Smart Data Bill to be published this PM www.linkedin.com/posts/lord-c... HT @montezumachavez.bsky.social

UK Parliamentary Bills bills.parliament.uk 👀

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October 23, 2024 at 1:24 PM
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Lords committee urges UK Government to begin new talks with EU over data adequacy www.independent.co.uk/business/lor...

European Affairs Committee letter with conclusions and recommendations from inquiry committees.parliament.uk/publications...

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We held seven evidence sessions and received 21 written submissions, but were not able to hold a final evidence session with the then-Minister and to produce a report before the summer recess, given the timing of the General Election. Now, the political context has changed significantly — in particular, the previous Government's Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (DPDI Bill), which was the focus of much of our evidence, fell at dissolution. Nevertheless, the June 2025 expiry of the UK's EU adequacy status still looms, and the Government plans a Digital Information and Smart Data Bill covering some of the same issues as its predecessor’s DPDI Bill.
October 22, 2024 at 10:37 AM
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The UK Government's Digital Information and Smart Data Bill will reportedly be launched *next week*, possibly starting in the Lords rather than the Commons.

Screenshot from POLITICO's Morning Technology UK newsletter HT @vmanancourt.bsky.social

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… HELLO DATA MY OLD FRIEND: Britain's big data protection reform is back. According to serveral people briefing on the government's timeline, ministers are set to re-introduce the new look Digital Information and Smart Data Bill towards the end of next week, with Oct. 24 being earmarked by two of those people as the most likely date. We're told the new government is keen to tout the bill as a much needed economy booster, while one person briefed told us it would be reintroduced into the Lords first. …
October 18, 2024 at 4:05 PM
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Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] bills.parliament.uk/bills/3825

Landing page only, so far. This was called the "Digital Information and Smart Data Bill" in UK Labour's manifesto, and is starting in the Lords rather than the Commons.

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A bill to make provision about access to customer data and business data; to make provision about services consisting of the use of information to ascertain and verify facts about individuals; to make provision about the recording and sharing, and keeping of registers, of information relating to apparatus in streets; to make provision about the keeping and maintenance of registers of births and deaths; to make provision for the regulation of the processing of information relating to identified or identifiable living individuals; to make provision about privacy and electronic communications; to establish the Information Commission; to make provision about information standards for health and social care; to make provision about the grant of smart meter communication licences; to make provision about the disclosure of information to improve public service delivery; to make provision about the retention of information by providers of internet services in connection with investigations into child deaths; to make provision about providing information for purposes related to the carrying out of independent research into online safety matters; to make provision about the retention of biometric data; to make provision about services for the provision of electronic signatures, electronic seals and other trust services; and for connected purposes.
October 23, 2024 at 3:55 PM
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The Times reported on Monday that a UK #DataBill was "due to be introduced in Parliament on Wednesday" – but I'm not seeing any sign of it in business papers for the Lords or Commons www.thetimes.com/article/1184... (£) + whatson.parliament.uk/lords/2024-1...

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October 23, 2024 at 12:49 PM
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Drivers still paying too much for #roadfuel says CMA www.gov.uk/government/n...

Hmm. It sounds as if the new UK Government hasn't assured the Competition & Markets Authority that the PumpWatch price data scheme will be in the Digital Information and Smart Data Bill?

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The CMA is currently monitoring developments in the fuel market using information provided voluntarily by fuel retailers. It has created a temporary price data-sharing scheme, and it is positive that some major players have started to integrate this into consumer-facing products, like apps. However, the current scheme covers only 40% of fuel retail sites and is not comprehensive enough to be utilised by map apps or sat-navs to bring accurate, live information to people – and this is what would have a substantial impact on the market. The proposed introduction of the Digital Information and Smart Data Bill by the new government could provide the legislative basis to set up a compulsory and comprehensive scheme that would change this – which the CMA would welcome. …
July 26, 2024 at 8:09 AM
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The King's Speech: 40 policy bills, a gaping AI hole and a boomerang data bill www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/notes/tmt/20... from Herbert Smith Freehills

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Weirdly, DSIT is putting out comms as if the UK Government *has* announced an #AIBill.
The gaping hole: The AI Bill In a dramatic turn of events, a much hyped specific "AI Bill" was missing from the 40 policy bills set out in the briefing notes. This was particularly surprising given that the King's Speech itself referred to the Government seeking to "harness the power of artificial intelligence as we look to strengthen safety frameworks", as well as "establish the appropriate legislation to place requirements on those working to develop the most powerful artificial intelligence models". … Alternatively, the references in the King's Speech might, instead, allude to placing the existing AI Safety Institute on a statutory footing. Either way, it sounds like we will be kept guessing a little longer around the UK's approach to regulating AI. However, the current lack of detail risks fostering uncertainty, reducing confidence, and deterring investment in the UK market. Department for Science, Innovation & Technology graphic: Highly targeted AI legislation proposed To ensure the most powerfull AI models are developed safely
July 18, 2024 at 2:59 PM