Government Publishes Policy Paper On Digital Regulation: Driving Growth And Unlocking Innovation

Published date19 July 2021
Subject MatterGovernment, Public Sector, Technology, Government Contracts, Procurement & PPP, Media
Law FirmWiggin
AuthorWiggin LLP

The Plan for Digital Regulation sets out the Government's overall vision for governing digital technologies. It sets out new principles which will guide how it designs and implements the regulation of digital technologies as well as some practical proposals for how it will ensure a more coherent and streamlined regulatory landscape. The Government says that innovation is at the heart of the plan. It wants to encourage it so that tech is used as an engine for growth to create competitive and dynamic digital markets.

The new plan sets out three guiding principles policymakers must follow, and states that the Government should only regulate when absolutely necessary and do so in a proportionate way. They should:

  • actively promote innovation: policymakers must back innovation wherever they can by removing unnecessary regulation and burdens and considering non-regulatory measures such as technical standards first;
  • achieve "forward-looking and coherent outcomes": digital technologies are evolving fast and transforming traditional sectors across the economy, so policymakers must make sure that new regulation complements, rather than contradicts, existing and planned legislation; and
  • exploit opportunities and address challenges in the international arena: digital...

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