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UK confirms cyber bill will cover managed service providers, data centres

The UK government published a policy statement confirming its Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will bring managed service providers and data centre operators into scope, with 24 hour incident reporting and new ICO powers.

Verified AI-drafted UK Government policy statement (CP 1299), 1 April 2025

What it does not test. It does not introduce the Bill to Parliament; that step and the final scope for data centres remain open.

How this item counts. This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the European Sovereignty Index.

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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