This morning the Liberal Democrats launched their 2024 General Election Manifesto. The 116-page document includes pledges to recruit 8,000 more GPs, give unpaid carers a right to paid carers’ leave from work, and introduce free personal care in England. But what are their plans for AI regulation and DP reform (we hear some of you ask)?
Here are our some quotes which answer the above questions (and we must admit it is our first reading of the manifesto):
AI Regulation
Create a clear, workable and well-resourced cross-sectoral regulatory framework for artificial intelligence that:
- Promotes innovation while creating certainty for AI users, developers and investors.
- Establishes transparency and accountability for AI systems in the public sector.
- Ensures the use of personal data and AI is unbiased, transparent and accurate, and respects the privacy of innocent people
- Negotiate the UK’s participation in the Trade and Technology Council with the US and the EU, so we can play a leading role in global AI regulation, and work with international partners in agreeing common standards for AI risk and impact assessment, testing, monitoring and audit.
Surveillance and Human Rights
- Introducing a Digital Bill of Rights to protect everyone’s rights online, including the rights to privacy, free expression, and participation without being subjected to harassment and abuse.
- Ending the bulk collection of communications data and internet connection records.
- Introducing a legally binding regulatory framework for all forms of biometric surveillance.
Data Sharing
Establish a firewall to prevent public agencies from sharing personal information with the Home Office for the purposes of immigration enforcement and repeal the immigration exemption in the Data Protection Act.
Surprisingly, the manifesto does not address Freedom of Information reform or even extension. It does say: “all Ministers’ instant-messaging conversations involving government business must be placed on the departmental record”
The Conservative Party will publish its manifesto on Tuesday and Labour will do so on Thursday. Still no news from Count Binface about his plans!
This and other data protection developments will be discussed in detail on our forthcoming GDPR Update workshop.
