Digital Economy Bill changes “personal data” definition and increases risk of an inadequacy determination
5 April 2017
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A new definition of “personal data” (the one most likely to be applied in the UK’s version of the GDPR) can be found in the new clauses (Clauses 112-115) just incorporated into Digital Economy Bill (DEB), now in its final Parliamentary stages. It is unlike the current definition of “personal data” in the Data Protection Act (DPA). As an aside, it is the DEB Bill which proposes a hefty annual notification fee-hike for controllers; this was accurately and fully reported
