United Kingdom: Adopted Data Protection Act 2018 containing data protection regulation provisions
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Adopted Data Protection Act 2018 containing data protection regulation provisions
On 23 May 2018, the Data Protection Act was adopted by the British Parliament. The Act implements the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the UK. In particular, the Act requires entities holding and processing personal data to follow "da…
Scope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
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2017-09-13
under deliberation
2018-05-23
adopted