UK to depart from GDPR

On the one hand, I think GDPR is a great step towards stopping companies hoarding your data and holding you hostage to it. On the other, main GDPR change is those awful 'hand over data / pretend you're not' dialogue boxes. When I'm feeling strong, I look for the 'reject / object / blah' box, but often I don't find it in me to resist anymore.

So maybe it's not awful they're reshaping GDPR.

Re: UK to depart from GDPR

#5

Post by melomal » Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 9:58 AM UTC

I can honestly say that I think it made little to no difference, across the board. The requirements etc have not been fulfilled by most companies, why bother.

Re: UK to depart from GDPR

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Post by dash2 » Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 9:59 AM UTC

YIPPEE.

Does this mean no more of those stupid little popups every time I see a site? HOORAY.

Does it mean less absurd bureaucracy and non-jobs? GREAT.

As for data privacy... does anyone seriously think that Facebook was stopped from collecting data due to GDPR?

Re: UK to depart from GDPR

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Post by Jonnax » Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 10:00 AM UTC

"...culture secretary Oliver Dowden said he would use the appointment of a new information commissioner to focus not just on privacy but on the use of data for ‘economic and social goals’.

...Dowden said that under the regime ‘too many businesses and organisations are reluctant to use data – either because they don’t understand the rules or are afraid of inadvertently breaking them’."

However this would only be in relation to UK data. If they want to do business with EU citizens, then businesses have to comply with GDPR.

Seems pretty myopic.

Re: UK to depart from GDPR

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Post by dbetteridge » Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 10:00 AM UTC

I somewhat miss the days when the corruption was at least somewhat veiled.

No-no of course we don't want to sell your data for profit, that would be ridiculous. Clearly it is just our corporate sponsors who will be doing it for us!

Re: UK to depart from GDPR

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Post by vmception » Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 10:01 AM UTC

I honestly get giggles from how unprepared they are culturally for what becoming America-like will do to them.

Does anyone else?

American-like but with no negotiating leverage and having burned all the bridges to the other economic unions.

Re: UK to depart from GDPR

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Post by james-bcn » Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 10:01 AM UTC

melomal wrote: post #5

I can honestly say that I think it made little to no difference, across the board. The requirements etc have not been fulfilled by most companies, why bother.

If you work in enterprise it absolutely has made a big difference.