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The future of data protection regulation in the UK

February 2020


Price: £95 PLUS VAT
Format: DOWNLOADABLE PDF


This conference examines next steps for developing data protection regulation in the UK.


Speakers


There will be keynote addresses from Steve Wood, Executive Director - Regulatory Strategy, Information Commissioner’s Office and Harry Lee, Deputy Director, Domestic Data Protection Policy, DCMS - as well as from Chris Combemale, Chief Executive Officer, Data & Marketing Association.


Further confirmed speakers include: Ruth Boardman, Bird & Bird; Professor Douwe Korff, London Metropolitan University; Dyann Heward Mills, HewardMills; Dawn Monaghan, NHSX; Linda NiChualladh, Citi; Zoe Rowland, Cancer Research UK and Mark Thompson, KPMG.


The chairs are Charles Courtenay, the Earl of Devon, Partner, Michelmores and Rt Hon the Lord McNally


The agenda


  • The impact of GDPR in the UK since its implementation;
  • Developing best practice in data handling across the wider economy - lawful processing bases, subject access requests, and breach reporting;
  • Assessing the future outlook for data protection in the UK:
    • Developing and implementing sector-specific data protection codes of conduct; and
    • Options for UK alignment with EU data protection regulation after Brexit.
  • Next steps for UK data protection policy; and
  • The ICO’s future regulatory approach.

Engagement with policy officials at this conference


This Westminster eForum conference has attracted particularly strong interest from policymakers. It will be an opportunity for stakeholders to engage with officials who have reserved places representing: BEIS; Cabinet Office; Competition and Markets Authority; the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation; Office for AI; Government Digital Service; DCMS; Defra; Department for Education; Department for International Trade; Department for Transport; DHSC; DWP; Food Standards Agency; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Government Legal Department; Government Office for Science; HM Revenue & Customs; Home Office; MHCLG; Ministry of Justice; National Audit Office; National Crime Agency; Ofcom; Office for National Statistics; The Scottish Government and the UK Visas and Immigration.



This pack includes

  • Dropbox video recording of the conference
  • PDF transcript of the discussion, including all speaker remarks and Q&A
  • PDFs of speakers' slide material (subject to permission)
  • PDFs of the delegate pack, including speaker biographies and attendee list
  • PDFs of delegate articles