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UK: ICO Launches Consultations on the New Data (Use and Access) Act 2025

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In response to the UK’s new Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUA Act) coming into force, the UK Information Commissioner (ICO) has launched two public consultations. The consultations, which aim to shape final guidance on...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025: A Strategic Update to UK Data Privacy Regulations

On 19 June 2025, the UK Parliament enacted the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA), marking the most significant UK data protection reform since the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). Rather than overhauling...more

A&O Shearman

UK progresses implementation of new Data Act

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The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2025 (SI 2025/904) have been made and published. The Regulations bring certain key provisions of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA) into force from 20...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

EU Initiates Renewal of UK Adequacy Decision Following the UK's Adoption of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025

EU Launches UK Adequacy Decision Renewal Process - On 22 July 2025, the European Commission announced that it had launched the process to renew the adequacy decision for the United Kingdom (UK) and confirmed that the UK’s...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

UK Adequacy Holds Firm Under New Data (Use and Access) Act 2025

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The DUAA introduces several reforms to UK data protection law, but their implications are relatively limited in practice. The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (the DUAA) was enacted on 19 June 2025 and amends rather than...more

Goodwin

The Data Shift: UK Sets a New Course With 2025 Data (Use and Access) Act

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The Data (Use and Access) Bill passed both Houses of UK Parliament and received Royal Assent on 19 June 2025, now becoming the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (“DUA Act”). This is the final iteration of the Data Protection and...more

Mayer Brown

Reform of the GDPR in the UK

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On 19 June 2025 the Data (Use and Access) Act (the "DUA Act") received Royal Assent and became law in the UK, having been passed by the UK Parliament on 11 June 2025. The DUA Act principally reforms the General Data...more

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The Data (Use and Access) Act

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On 19 June 2025 the Data (Use and Access) Act (the "DUA Act") received Royal Assent and became law in the UK, having been passed by the UK Parliament on 11 June 2025....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

UK Introduces New Legislation Amending Privacy Laws

On June 19, 2025, the UK Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 was enacted, marking the culmination of a lengthy legislative process aimed at reshaping aspects of the country’s data protection regime. First proposed in 2021 as part...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks | Issue 30

Katten's Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks is a monthly newsletter highlighting the latest news and legal developments involving privacy, data and cybersecurity issues across the globe....more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

UK Data Use and Access Act Now in Force

On June 19, 2025, the UK Data Use and Access Bill (DUA Bill) finally received Royal Assent and passed into law as the Data Use and Access Act 2025 (DUA Act). The DUA Act amends the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK...more

Hogan Lovells

Adapting your compliance programme to the UK Data (Use and Access) Act: What you need to know

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After a legislative reform that has seen four different Prime Ministers, three different Bills and many deliberations across both Houses of Parliament, the UK is now on course to introduce some changes to the data protection...more

A&O Shearman

EPRS publishes paper on potential challenges to UK data adequacy decisions

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On March 7 2025, the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) published a paper outlining the challenges to UK data adequacy and ongoing national legislative reforms that could affect the renewal of the two existing...more

Littler

What to Expect from the UK’s New Data (Use and Access) Bill

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The new Data (Use and Access) Bill is making its way through the parliamentary process, and is expected to be passed in the first half of 2025. The Bill proposes to amend the UK data privacy regime to make it easier for...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

UK Brings Forward Bill to Reform UK Privacy Laws

In October 2024, the UK government introduced the Data (Use and Access) Bill (the Data Bill) to Parliament. The Data Bill represents a third attempt by UK ministers to bring about reforms to the UK’s data protection and...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill

The UK government has recently announced that it plans to introduce a Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (Bill). The Bill seeks to update the 2018 Network and Information Security Regulations, which implemented the European...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks | Issue 13

Katten's Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks is a monthly newsletter highlighting the latest news and legal developments involving privacy, data and cybersecurity issues across the globe....more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Updata: Your quarterly privacy & cybersecurity update - July - September 2023

Welcome to the latest edition of Updata – the international update from Eversheds Sutherland’s dedicated Privacy and Cybersecurity team. Updata provides you with a compilation of privacy and cybersecurity regulatory and...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The UK’s Online Safety Bill – Implications for US and International Businesses

On 19 September 2023, the UK Parliament passed the Online Safety Bill (“OSB”). The OSB aims to protect individuals from illegal online content and focuses on the protection of children by requiring the removal of content that...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Updata: Your quarterly privacy & cybersecurity update - January to March 2023

Welcome to the latest edition of Updata! Updata is an international report produced by Eversheds Sutherland’s dedicated Privacy and Cybersecurity team – it provides you with a compilation of key privacy and cybersecurity...more

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