The UK government has taken an additional step in its attempts to find a way to ensure uninterrupted data flows between the UK and the EU after Brexit. On 13 September 2017, the UK government introduced a draft Data Protection Bill to the UK Parliament. The very complex Bill, with its 18 schedules and numerous cross-references to the GDPR, is designed to enter into force on 25 May 2018, i.e., when the new EU General Data Protection Regulation becomes effective. 

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