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UK revives plan to reform data protection rules with an eye on boosting the economy
A new data bill from the U.K. Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) aims to revive several measures that failed to pass under the prior
A new data bill from the U.K. Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) aims to revive several measures that failed to pass under the prior government, while rowing back on some controversial post-Brexit reforms proposed by Conservative ministers. Also putting out an early take on the new government’s first bite at GDPR reform, Jon Baines, a senior data protection specialist at law firm Mishcon de Reya, highlighted planned changes to privacy notices that could be controversial. In his blog post, Mishcon de Reya’s Baines flagged the reappearance of the previous government’s proposal to permit the use of first-party cookies (and similar tracking technology) for website analytics without requiring users’ consent.
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