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Daily Dashboard | UK introduces Data Protection Bill 2017 Related reading: UK Parliament committee to review EU-UK adequacy agreement

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The U.K.'s Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport introduced the Data Protection Bill 2017 to the House of Lords Wednesday and published it online Thursday. The bill will transfer the EU General Data Protection Regulation into U.K. law and be maintained after Brexit, BBC News reports. The bill proposes special exemptions for journalists, financial firms, scientific and research organizations, anti-doping agencies, and employers needing to comply with employment law. The release includes a number of fact sheets, including on its overview, general processing and new enforcement powers for the Information Commissioner's Office, which will be empowered to fine organizations up to 18 million GBP, up from 500,000 GBP. Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham said, "The introduction of the Data Protection Bill is welcome as it will put in place one of the final pieces of much needed data protection reform. ... I will be providing my own input as necessary during the legislative process." 
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  • comment Richard Levy • Sep 15, 2017
    So £18m will be the maximum fine? They're omitting the higher of 4% global turnover possibility? That's not really "consistent with the GDPR" is it?
  • comment Richard Levy • Sep 17, 2017
    Oops. Never mind. Having started to (try) to read through the bill itself, I can see that they're intending to stay in line with the higher fines for certain breaches.