In June 2022, the UK government issued its final response to its wide-ranging review of UK data protection laws post-Brexit, the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill was published on the 18th of July. James Corlett, Managing Partner and head of the commercial team at Beyond Corporate, takes a detailed look over the recent changes in his latest Ask The Expert feature here…
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