Yesterday the Government published the draft Data Protection Bill which will replace the Data Protection Act 1998, supplement the General Data Protection Regulation in certain areas and provide more detail on how the GDPR will be enforced in the UK . DLA Piper’s Privacy team has published a blog post on their Privacy Matters blog which explains the key provisions of the Bill.

The Bill will have a significant impact on how employers deal with HR data. We will be publishing a further alert on these aspects of the Bill early next week.