Labour welcome that the Government have finally understood that our current data protection legislation needs updating

Tom
Watson, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and
Sport, commenting
on the announcement of details of the Data Protection Bill, said: 

“The
Government opposed Labour’s attempts to strengthen data protection laws during
the passage of the Digital Economy Act just months ago, so it is welcome news
that they’ve finally understood that our current data protection legislation
needs updating. 

"Labour’s
manifesto committed to allowing young people to remove content shared on the
internet before they turned 18, so we’re glad the Government is taking action
on this.

"As
we are leaving the EU it is more important than ever that we have a robust data
protection framework fit for the future. We’ll be scrutinising the bill
carefully to make sure it creates that future proof framework.”