A new data protection law in the UK?

from flickr, CC MIke Finn 2017 BY

Both the IAPP and the Open Rights Group are predicting or pre-empting a new data protection law for the UK. The IAPP preview it here, but mainly repeat the Government’s puffs. The Open Rights Group take a more detailed and critical view.

I have summarised the ORG criticisms as; they expect the new law to removes, the right to consultation on “high-risk” data processing changes, it will permit the…