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The UK is working on a separate data protection law and the attitude towards privacy is very different from the EU (hence the rewrite)

_cenw 3y ago
They're essentially the same, the ICO just doesn't enforce it.
- orra 3y ago
  Bingo. And post Brexit they'll ignore all the CJEU case law about how blatantly companies have been building GDPR since the start.
remus 3y ago
> The UK is working on a separate data protection law and the attitude towards privacy is very different from the EU (hence the rewrite) This is very speculative. My guess is that changes will be made, but they'll be incremental and some effort will be made to ensure broad alignment with eu GDPR so we don't have another SCC-syle mess (where some major EU to USA data transfers were determined to be illegal.)
seanhunter 3y ago
The UK has a separate data protection law (UK GDPR[1]) which is the more or less same as the EU. The current government held a consultation on possible changes[2], but I would doubt they could actually carry through on making a significant change given their current weak and divided state and the likelihood they will lose in the next general election. [1] https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/w-026-8528?contextData=(sc.Default)&transitionType=Default&firstPage=true https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/w-026-8528?contex... [2] https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/data-a-new-direction https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/data-a-new-direc...
Moldoteck 3y ago
"is working" - well, this means that at least now the gdpr in uk isn't much different from eu. In the future? maybe, but for now it's the same
- throwaway3618 3y ago
  They could be gambling on us not enforcing it (having shown signs that we think it's excessive). But others have said this is more about the Digital Markets Act.
- throwaway3618 3y ago
  They could be gambling on us not enforcing it (having shown signs that we think it's excessive). But others have said this is more about the Digital Markets Act. *I get a GDPR-looking privacy popup on Threads in the UK so I'm inclined to agree

_cenw 3y ago

They're essentially the same, the ICO just doesn't enforce it.

orra 3y ago
Bingo. And post Brexit they'll ignore all the CJEU case law about how blatantly companies have been building GDPR since the start.

remus 3y ago

> The UK is working on a separate data protection law and the attitude towards privacy is very different from the EU (hence the rewrite) This is very speculative. My guess is that changes will be made, but they'll be incremental and some effort will be made to ensure broad alignment with eu GDPR so we don't have another SCC-syle mess (where some major EU to USA data transfers were determined to be illegal.)

seanhunter 3y ago

The UK has a separate data protection law (UK GDPR[1]) which is the more or less same as the EU. The current government held a consultation on possible changes[2], but I would doubt they could actually carry through on making a significant change given their current weak and divided state and the likelihood they will lose in the next general election. [1] https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/w-026-8528?contextData=(sc.Default)&transitionType=Default&firstPage=true https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/w-026-8528?contex... [2] https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/data-a-new-direction https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/data-a-new-direc...

Moldoteck 3y ago

"is working" - well, this means that at least now the gdpr in uk isn't much different from eu. In the future? maybe, but for now it's the same

throwaway3618 3y ago
They could be gambling on us not enforcing it (having shown signs that we think it's excessive). But others have said this is more about the Digital Markets Act.
throwaway3618 3y ago
They could be gambling on us not enforcing it (having shown signs that we think it's excessive). But others have said this is more about the Digital Markets Act. *I get a GDPR-looking privacy popup on Threads in the UK so I'm inclined to agree