UK Passes Data Use and Access Regulation Bill

Government Says Bill Will 'Pump 10 Billion Pounds' Into Economy Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • June 19, 2025

Data privacy legislation modifying European data protection law the United Kingdom adopted before leaving the trading bloc in 2020 is now the law in only country to leave the European Union.

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The Data Use and Access Bill gained royal assent Thursday after multiple years of consideration in Parliament under different guises, but always with the aim of modifying the General Data Protection Regulation - the famously difficult to navigate continental regulation (see: European Court Fines European Commission for Privacy Breach).

"The new data regime is set to pump 10 billion pounds into the British economy over the next decade - speeding up roadworks, and turbocharging innovation in tech and science ...