Data

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

The UK government is to consult on proposed changes to UK data protection law.

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

Organisations will be able to transfer personal data from the UK to the US more freely than they are able to currently under plans outlined by the UK government.

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/uk-prioritises-us-data-transfers-agreement

Though changes are as-yet undefined pending an upcoming consultation, concerns are already being expressed over the government’s plan to liberalise data protection laws in the service of innovation and growth

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252505901/Are-proposed-data-protection-changes-a-threat-to-UK-citizens-privacy

A pharmacy fined for its “careless” handling of sensitive personal data has had the level of its penalty reduced on appeal after a tribunal accepted its claims that the scale of its breach of data protection laws was smaller than a UK regulator had determined.

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/pharmacys-uk-gdpr-fine-reduced-on-appeal

DCMS has named John Edwards, currently New Zealand privacy commissioner, to succeed Elizabeth Denham as UK information commissioner

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252505879/NZ-privacy-lead-John-Edwards-named-new-information-commissioner