Are proposed data protection changes a threat to UK citizens’ privacy?
Government proposals to liberalise the UK’s data protection regime in support of increased innovation, research and economic growth, alongside an expansion of the remit held by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to support these goals, have prompted discussion among data privacy and infosec experts, with some concerned that Boris Johnson’s government means to gut the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and open the door to an unstoppable grab of personal and private data.
But data privacy experts are already warning that the government is setting itself up for trouble in more ways than one. Some argue that the government’s ambition to create more freedoms for how organisations can make use of data, while still retaining citizens’ ability to control their data and make decisions about it, is not going to be an easy ask.
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