A Bill to make provision for the regulation of the processing of information relating to identified or identifiable living individuals; to make provision about services consisting of the use of information to ascertain and verify facts about individuals; to make provision about access to customer data and business data; to make provision about privacy and electronic communications; to make provision about services for the provision of electronic signatures, electronic seals and other trust services; to make provision about the disclosure of information to improve public service delivery; to make provision for the implementation of agreements on sharing information for law enforcement purposes; to make provision about the keeping and maintenance of registers of births and deaths; to make provision about information standards for health and social care; to establish the Information Commission; to make provision about oversight of biometric data; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
23 September 2024
This bill updates UK rules on how personal data is processed and used. It covers identity verification services, data sharing for public services and law enforcement, privacy in electronic communications, electronic signatures and other trust services, and oversight of biometric data. It also creates the Information Commission and sets data standards for health and social care, as well as keeping registers of births and deaths.
Currently at Committee stage in the House of Lords, with peers scrutinising details and proposing amendments; having originated in the Commons, it will need further readings and approval in both Houses before any final passage.
Generated 21 February 2026
The 2023-24 session of Parliament has prorogued and this bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.