U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced the creation of four new government departments, including a dedicated Department for Science, Innovation and Technology focused on technical innovations. The changes remove digital and data policy responsibility from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. IAPP Research and Insights Director Joe Jones said the changes “could pave the way for advances to the U.K. government’s work to reform the (General Data Protection Regulation), to secure new international ‘data bridges,’ and more.”
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