Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 amends UK GDPR with consequential amendments and transitional provisions
Original title: The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 effect on Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance)
The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 amend the UK GDPR to reflect changes introduced by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025. These amendments align UK data protection rules with new data use and access requirements while providing transitional measures for compliance. Organizations processing personal data in the UK must review the specific amendments to ensure compliance with the updated regulatory framework within the transitional periods established.
What changed
- The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 introduces consequential amendments to UK GDPR, modifying various provisions to align with new data use and access obligations
- Transitional provisions are established through the 2026 Regulations to allow organizations time to adapt to the amended requirements
- Specific amendments affect how personal data use and access rights are implemented under UK GDPR following the new Act's requirements
Who is affected
All organizations processing personal data in the UK under UK GDPR, including data controllers, processors, and data subjects whose rights may be affected by amendments to data use and access provisions
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