/>iOn June 11, 2025, the UK Data (Use and Access) Bill (the “DUA Bill”) successfully navigated its final parliamentary hurdle and will soon become law.
The DUA Bill’s journey has been anything but straightforward. Most recently it became entangled in debates over AI and copyright with the House of Lords persistently pushing to include transparency provisions related to AI models. These suggestions, however, were repeatedly overturned by the House of Commons, which maintained that such provisions should be tackled separately to avoid complicating the DUA Bill’s framework. In a bid for compromise, the DUA Bill now includes provisions requiring the Secretary of State to, amongst other things, draft legislation containing proposals to provide transparency to copyright owners regarding the use of their copyright works as data inputs for AI models.
The DUA Bill’s enactment arrives at a crucial time as the extension of the UK’s adequacy decision with the EU will expire in December 2025. The European Commission has indicated that a formal assessment of the UK's legal framework will not commence until the DUA Bill is formally passed.
For a detailed overview of the legislative changes introduced by the DUA Bill, read our previous update.
Read more about the previously proposed AI transparency amendments
