We need an independent regulator to ensure strong protections and get redress when things go wrong.
But the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (UK) weakens the role of the Information Commissioner's Office. That’s why we've presented amendments.
The #DPDIBill (UK) gives the Information Commissioner's Office discretion to dismiss complaints unless you’ve first contacted the organisation that holds your data.
This will worsen their already poor track record of enforcement.
✅ ORG’s amendment removes this discretion from the Bill.
The #DPDIBill (UK) scraps the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner and removes the Surveillance Camera Code governing police and local authorities.
✅ ORG’s amendment would remove several clauses, preventing the abolition of the Biometrics Commissioner to ensure oversight.
Complaints that impact our data rights often raise systemic issues, so ORG's amendment to the #DPDIBill (UK) will implement Article 80(2) GDPR.
✅ This would allow public interest organisations to lodge representative complaints to the Information Commissioner's Office that are strategically important.
The revolving door between business and the UK data protection regulator must stop to prioritise our rights.
✅ ORG's amendment protects the new Commission from regulatory capture by introducing a three-years stay period that prohibits its members to work for the industries they were regulating.
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