Data

The UK government plans to strip a series of “administrative burdens” from data protection law in a move that would enshrine the concept of more flexible, risk-based ‘privacy management’ into legislation.

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/uk-data-protection-law-reform-privacy-management

The UK government is considering withdrawing the requirement for consent to cookies from UK law.

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/cookie-law-faces-revamp-under-uk-data-reforms

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined WhatsApp €225 million for failings of transparency under EU data protection laws and ordered the company to amend its practices within three months.

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/whatsapp-fined-225m-gdpr-transparency

The leak of a database of 61 million users of health-tracking devices includes records on individuals located in the UK

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252506664/Mass-health-tracker-data-breach-has-UK-impact

Information Commissioner’s Office to be reformed to help drive economic growth and innovation and strengthen public trust in use of data

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-launches-data-reform-to-boost-innovation-economic-growth-and-protect-the-public

DCMS is launching a major consultation on proposed changes to the UK’s data protection regime, under which several key elements of the GDPR are likely to change

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252506493/UK-GDPR-faces-changes-under-planned-reforms

Airbus CyberSecurity CTO Paddy Francis explores the impact of regulation on data protection, and how it has changed how one goes about optimising data privacy in the enterprise

https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Security-Think-Tank-Optimising-privacy-post-GDPR

Outgoing information commissioner Elizabeth Denham will call on her equivalents across the G7 group of countries to collaborate on an overhaul of cookie consent pop-ups

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252506318/ICO-in-bid-to-end-cookie-pop-ups

The apparent business benefits of pursuing data adequacy agreements around the world may not be as enticing as they at first appear

https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/UKs-new-data-protection-strategy-risks-costing-business-more-than-it-gains

Irish data protection watchdog has issued one of the largest GDPR fines to date against Facebook-owned WhatsApp

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252506154/WhatsApp-fined-225m-over-GDPR-breaches