On September 29, in her first major speech since becoming UK Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham previewed UK data protection laws after Brexit and stated that the United Kingdom will need to adopt a new data protection law. She further stated that the new data protection law should be developed on an evolutionary basis to provide a degree of stability and clear regulatory messages for data controllers and the public.

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