# Britain plans new data rules to ease compliance burden
Author:  Pal Sinha, Barnali 
Author URL: https://financedigest.com/author/pal-sinha-barnali
Published: 2023-03-08
Category: NEWS
Category URL: https://financedigest.com/category/news
Meta Title: UK to reform data protection law to ease business compliance
Meta Description: The UK government is updating its data protection law to simplify compliance for businesses while aligning with EU standards to ensure data flow.
URL: https://financedigest.com/britain-plans-new-data-rules-to-ease-compliance-burdenhtml

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will make another attempt to reform its data protection law on Wednesday with the objective of easing the compliance burden for businesses while remaining sufficiently in line with the European Union to keep information flowing.

The government said it would bring an updated Data Protection and Digital Information Bill back to parliament after its earlier proposals were paused in September for further consultation with industry.

The country’s current data rules mirror the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the comprehensive legislation adopted in the bloc in 2016 that protects personal data.

The EU in [turn recognises Britain’s](https://www.financedigest.com/2043-the-year-britain-will-turn-cashless.html "2043: The year Britain will turn cashless") standards – a process called adequacy – enabling the seamless flow of data to continue.

However, Britain said it wanted to [change its regime to make it simpler for businesses to follow](https://www.financedigest.com/ubs-makes-changes-to-buyback-programme-following-credit-suisse-takeover.html "UBS makes changes to buyback programme following Credit Suisse takeover").

It said it also wanted to cut the number of repetitive “cookie” pop-ups that users encounter online, including by giving [organisations greater confidence about when they can process personal data](https://www.financedigest.com/auditing-in-cyber-how-organisations-can-keep-track-of-their-data.html "AUDITING IN CYBER: HOW ORGANISATIONS CAN KEEP TRACK OF THEIR DATA") without consent.

However, the changes will be limited in scope to ensure that the EU keeps information flowing, the government said, and to protect confidence in the UK’s comprehensive [data protection standards](https://www.financedigest.com/finalised-pan-european-data-protection-laws-set-the-new-standard-for-a-privacy-friendly-business-environment.html "Finalised Pan-European data protection laws set the new standard for a ‘privacy-friendly’ business environment").

Technology Minister Michelle Donelan said the new system would be “easier to understand, easier to comply with, and take advantage of the many [opportunities of post-Brexit](https://www.financedigest.com/navigating-the-post-brexit-debt-landscape-opportunities-for-corporate-funding.html "Navigating the post-Brexit debt landscape: opportunities for corporate funding") Britain.

(Reporting by Paul Sandle)


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