{"id":13225,"date":"2023-07-04T14:45:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T14:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1397967"},"modified":"2023-07-04T14:45:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T14:45:09","slug":"uks-dangerous-data-bill-threatens-every-eu-citizen-campaigners-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=13225","title":{"rendered":"UK\u2019s \u2018dangerous\u2019 data bill threatens every EU citizen, campaigners warn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The UK\u2019s new data bill would allow the state and corporations to circumvent EU rules<\/span>, experts warned today.<\/p>\n

Set to pass into law this autumn, the Data Protection and Digital Information (DPDI) Bill will amend the UK\u2019s implementation of the GDPR. <\/span><\/p>\n

The British government touts the bill as a post-Brexit chance to create a new data regime \u201ctailor-made for our needs.\u201d Ministers say the bill will cut red tape, reduce cookie pop-ups (please, Lord<\/a>), and foster international trade. Over 10 years, they predict the bill will add \u00a34.7 billion to the UK economy \u2014 a claim that\u2019s been derided<\/a>.   <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The plans have proven divisive. Businesses have endorsed the paperwork reduction, but critics fear the bill will wreck data rights \u2014 and not just in the UK.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe DPDI Bill will rip up hard-won privacy protections,\u201d said Mariano delli Santi, legal and policy officer for the Open Rights Group<\/a>. \u201cThis will not only harm UK citizens but also the rights of Europeans living inside and outside of the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n

These concerns stem from post-Brexit data regulations. In June 2021, the European Commission permitted the free flow of personal data between the UK and EU without additional safeguards. This \u201cadequacy decision\u201d was premised on the UK following the same rules as EU member states.<\/span><\/p>\n

That premise may now be under threat. I<\/span>n an open letter<\/a> published today, 28 civil society groups and privacy specialists warned the Commission that the DPDI Bill will turn the UK into a \u201cleaky valve.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

If passed, the bill would mean a <\/span>wholesale deregulation of the UK\u2019s data protection framework. According to the letter, the \u201cdangerous\u201d changes would allow private companies to evade EU rules by sheltering in the UK. The<\/span> British government, meanwhile, would gain the power to override data protection principles \u201cwhenever it sees fit.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As a result, European personal data could be accessed by UK authorities and sent to third countries without safeguards. The British government could also legalise invasive surveillance programmes that trump the rights of EU citizens.<\/span><\/p>\n

If the proposals become law, the campaigners want the Commission to repeal the adequacy decision.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe UK government\u2019s determination to deregulate data protection is putting the adequacy agreement with the EU in jeopardy, which is a risk that the UK economy cannot afford,\u201d said delli Santi.<\/span><\/p>\n

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