GDPR now Data Protection Act 2018

[MrWrighty]

So the Ics announce that "Elizabeth Denham welcomes the new Data Protection Act 2018 alongside the GDPR.". Are they not one and the same thing. Why confuse the issue?, its the first I've heard of DPA 2018.

[andrew150690]

This maybe a precaution for leaving the EU, as the GDPR guides are linked in with the EU the Data Protection Act 2018 may include all the features of GDPR and can be switched across after leaving.

 

Just a thought!

[psydii]

Ahem, http://www.edugeek.net/forums/data-protection-information-handling/196513-data-protection-act-dead-long-live-data-protection-act.html#post1679744

 

Unsurprising you hadn't heard of it, until yesterday about 3pm it didn't exist.

 

(it had been kicking about as the Data Protection Bill 2017-2019 for quiet a while though)

[nadeem]

I have got to say that you should have been aware of the DPA 2018 if you were involved with GDPR preparation for your organisation, it is quite a key piece of the legislation!