Digital Devices (Access for Next of Kin) Bill

Key Points

• Gives the next of kin a legal right to access the digital devices and data of a deceased or incapacitated person.
• Sets out who can exercise that right and for what purposes.
• Raises potential privacy and data-security considerations for data stored on those devices.
• Originated in the Commons; 1st reading completed on 2022-01-18 and 2nd reading on 2022-05-06.

Progress

The bill is at the 2nd reading stage in the Commons. If it progresses, it would move on to committee consideration and later readings.