Definition of “personal data” in DPDI No 2 Bill results in non-compliance with CoE Convention No.108
13 April 2023
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The press release associated with the DPDI No.2 Bill proudly states that the Bill ensures “that the new regime [is] built on the UK’s high standards for data protection and privacy”. These new “high standards”, evidently, includes adopting a definition of “personal data” that fails to meet the data protection standards established by the text of the Council of Europe (CoE) Convention No. 108, as published in January 1981. In other words, the most enduring international binding agreement on data
