Hope for an end to ‘pointless’ nagging ‘cookie requests’ on computers
Britain is set to end ‘pointless’ web cookie requests as part of post-Brexit clean-up of cumbersome EU data laws
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden to outline how data can be used more flexiblyGovernment intends to shift from parts of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation GDP has been criticised for being too bureaucratic and overly prescriptive
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Plans to sweep away swathes of the EU’s flagship data laws could spell the end of ‘pointless’ web cookie warnings and red tape, the Culture Secretary will announce on Thursday.
In what is the first post-Brexit shake-up of the UK’s digital economy, Oliver Dowden is set to outline how Britons’ data can be used more flexibly.
Speaking to The Telegraph, Mr Dowden said the Government intends to peel away from key parts of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, which came into force in 2018.
GDPR, which governs how people’s personal information is collected, has been criticised for being too bureaucratic and overly prescriptive.
Mr Dowden suggested the new reforms would also cut down on cookie banners, which are used by websites to secure users’ consent for storing their data.
At present under the GDPR rules, sites have to give users a genuine choice over whether to say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to cookies which process and share their personal data.
Plans to sweep away swathes of the EU’s flagship data laws could spell the end of ‘pointless’ web cookie warnings and red tape, the Culture Secretary will announce on Thursday
Ministers are also said to be planning to shake up Britain’s data watchdog.
The Government is set to appoint John Edwards, who is currently New Zealand’s privacy commissioner, to head up the regulator.
Mr Dowden described the reforms as a ‘data dividend’ of Brexit and said the new British framework would be ‘more proportionate’.
He added that it would help to cut costs for businesses and enable ‘greater innovation’ which will also ‘drive growth and opportunities and jobs’.
Mr Dowden said the Government intends to peel away from key parts of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, which came into force in 2018
However, the EU continues to trumpet GDPR as having improved data privacy standards across the world, meaning the UK could trigger fresh tensions with the bloc by deviating from the rules.
The plans will also likely be scrutinised by privacy campaigners who fear further online profiling of individuals and greater massing of personal data by big companies.
Mr Dowden said the reforms would bring an end to ‘pointless bureaucracy’ and ‘box ticking’ but would still protect people’s privacy.
