AI and data laws

311 moving · 704 enacted

United KingdomUnited KingdomRuling

SMS designation of Google in general search and search advertising

CMA decision designating Google with strategic market status in general search and search advertising under the DMCC Act, followed by conduct requirements on publishers, fair ranking and data portability.

RuledRuled

Further consultation on a user choice conduct requirementSep 23 7 weeks ago

Body
Competition and Markets Authority
Introduced
Jan 14, 2025
In effect since
Oct 10, 20251 year ago

Timeline

  1. Sep 23 7 weeks ago

    Further consultation on a user choice conduct requirement

  2. Jun 17 4 months ago

    Fair ranking and data portability conduct requirements imposed

  3. Jun 3 5 months ago

    Publisher conduct requirement imposed

  4. Jan 28 9 months ago

    Consultation on conduct requirements launched

  5. Oct 10, 2025 1 year ago

    Final decision designating Google with strategic market status

  6. Jun 24, 2025 1 year ago

    Proposed SMS designation published

  7. Jan 14, 2025 1 year ago

    SMS investigation launched

United Kingdom

Artificial Intelligence (Consent and Misuse) Bill

A bill to make provision about a requirement for consent to generate a likeness of a person using, or with the assistance of, artificial intelligence; to make further provision relating to that requirement; to make provision about civil action in circumstances where that requirement is not met; to m

In committee
United Kingdom
United Kingdom2026 c. 20

Crime and Policing Act 2026

Broad criminal justice Act that among other things creates offences for making, possessing or supplying AI tools designed to generate child sexual abuse images, possessing guidance on creating such images, and making or supplying purported intimate image (nudification) generators.

In force
United Kingdom

Report and impact assessment on copyright and artificial intelligence

Statutory report under sections 135 and 136 of the Data (Use and Access) Act responding to the 2024 to 2025 consultation, stating that a broad text and data mining exception with opt-out is no longer the government's preferred approach and committing to further evidence gathering and work on input transparency.

Adopted
United Kingdom
United Kingdom2025 c. 18

Data (Use and Access) Act 2025

Reforms UK data protection law, creates frameworks for digital verification services and smart data, restructures the Information Commissioner's Office, adds an offence of creating or requesting intimate images of adults without consent, and requires government reports on copyright and AI.

In force
United Kingdom
United Kingdom2023 c. 50

Online Safety Act 2023

Imposes duties on user-to-user and search services to tackle illegal content and protect children, enforced by Ofcom through codes of practice, age assurance requirements and penalties.

In force

Change log

  • AddedAdded to the list. Set by hand from the official record.Sep 27

Summaries of public legislative records, executive actions and court rulings, for reference, not legal advice. Check the official page linked on each item. First seen 2026-09-27. Checked against the official source.