Thread by @GavinFreeguard

Happy Data Protection and Digital Information (No 2) Bill Day! #DPDIBill

Today's Commons Order Paper gives us the long title for the Bill - the same as when it was introduced in summer 2022 commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/75863…

Expect it to be presented after PMQs & any UQs/statements

The government has published a press release which gives a little, but not much, more detail:

'British Businesses to Save Billions Under New UK Version of GDPR' gov.uk/government/new…

It links to the same impact assessment as the old Bill, assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…, right down to the old @dcms.gov.uk email address, suggesting not much might have changed

It picks out:

- Scientific research definitions, inc giving commercial orgs same freedoms as academic ones

No surprise to anyone at Royal Society workshop in Feb

Though note @ODIHQ & @wellcometrust roundtable - better guidance better than leg've change theodi.org/article/expert…

- 'Reducing unnecessary paperwork even further'

According to @TomSBristow in @POLITICOEurope Morning Tech, this includes weakening reqts around DPIAs politico.eu/newsletter/mor…

Something @instituteforgov warned against instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/go…

- 'Increasing public and business confidence in AI technologies', including new rules around automated decision making

ADM was something of concern to civil society at 2 @ConnectedByData events:
- connectedbydata.org/events/2022-09…
- connectedbydata.org/events/2022-12…

- Supporting international data sharing

Businesses, as well as civil society (connectedbydata.org/events/2022-09…), will be concerned about any threat to EU adequacy

Press release says the Bill 'seeks to ensure data adequacy while moving away from the "one-size-fits-all" approach of European Union’s GDPR', though Politico notes also that 'The U.K. is eager to move closer to its American cousins when it comes to data'

https://twitter.com/ConnectedByData/status/1633108000775852032

Btw you don't get to run an opaque 'is it/isn't it a consultation?' consultation & then call it 'co-design', sorry

Note the SoS's emphasis on co-design with *business*

Notable, again, how people/public/communities/participatory data governance lacking in what we know so far

And obvs unhelpful that there are hours to wait between press briefing and press release and seeing the detail (even if that's because it should go to parliament first)

But let's see what's in the published Bill later today...

A couple of relevant things from yesterday:

- @OpenRightsGroup sent a letter to the Sec of State with some concerns

https://twitter.com/OpenRightsGroup/status/1633378535275470848

(h/t @peterkwells)

- @ODIHQ published a piece with a few things we'd like to see in the Bill/future data policy theodi.org/article/data-p…

Here's the @techmonitorai report on the press release:

techmonitor.ai/government-com…

The Bill will be introduced after PMQs, then

https://twitter.com/PARLYapp/status/1633418354802171907

Second reading of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill will be *tomorrow*

According to parliament.uk, Second Reading, 'the first opportunity for MPs to debate the main principles of the Bill... usually takes place no sooner than two weekends after first reading.'

We have a day.

And it's not even been published yet

https://twitter.com/JeniT/status/1633449197968973824

I mean,

https://twitter.com/blangry/status/1633448854375768065

I'm going to listen back!

https://twitter.com/smithsam/status/1633450460928524289

https://twitter.com/PaulFScott/status/1633450074221969408

Apologies - I think I got over-excited, as per @PaulFScott @smithsam @owenboswarva

https://twitter.com/PaulFScott/status/1633450074221969408

https://twitter.com/smithsam/status/1633450460928524289

https://twitter.com/owenboswarva/status/1633450630072107008

Now frantically refreshing various parliament.uk pages for the Bill and its timetable...

Good news! Bad news

While you wait, here's the written ministerial statement on the Bill, which is pretty similar to the press release (h/t @owenboswarva)

questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statem…

Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill

bills.parliament.uk/bills/3430

Second reading date to be announced

The new bill is 20 pages longer.

The only change to the contents page versus the old bill (bills.parliament.uk/bills/3322) is the addition of something on transfer of property to the Information Commission

i.e. Bill structure is pretty much identical, changes will be in the details

Another difference...

Thanks, ChatGPT