> This is madness. UK companies will still have to abide by GDPR if they want any online business in the European Union (as other non-EU companies already do). So UK divergence will simply mean UK double costs. – Chris Bryant
Like the ‘bring back imperial’ nonsense, I suspect if they ever do launch anything, it will be a heavily watered down version of GDPR to the point that if you are compliant to trade with the EU, you won’t have to do anything.
Unless it really does mandate no cookie pop-ups like one of the numbskull MPs was pushing for.
It is as stupid as GDPR pop ups are stupid that means very stupid.
As someone managing providers from UK on the EU side, I can only say – well shit.
Utter nonsense, why does it need a replacement when it’s fine in its current form (it’s not perfect, but do we really need our companies having to prepare for yet another regulation as well as maintaining GDPR for operating in Europe), or is this just a case of changing the colour to blue?
So basically, the government is going to make businesses work even harder to abide by two data policies all because of Brexit.
I’m on the bench about Brexit, wish there was a third option.
Any crazy reforms about stuff like this regarding privacy will see me cancelling my internet service, being really strict with what gets signed at work, or subscribing to series VPN, which will no doubt become illegal once this all goes into effect.
If you’re gonna sell *my* data and *my* privacy you’re going to compensate me. Fuck all the “if you have nothing to hide” nonsense.
As somebody who works in the finacial industry ” please no please no not again!”
This may be related to the current disasterous India trade deal negotiations.
India uses data protection regulations as a way to protect / control access to it’s services market. An insurance company providing insurance to Indians needs to use staff and computer servers physically in India. This protects the local market from foreign competition.
Recognizing that the UK is a much weaker negotiating partner than the EU, India has been aiming for a much tougher deal. Access to the UK physical goods market, and some level of labour market access (easy buisness visas) to enable outsourcing, without corresponding access for the UK to the Indian services market. So far they are playing hard ball and seem to be making good progress on the things they want without giving up the things they don’t.
Perhaps the UK has realised that if it gives up EU regulations, it will end up giving up any protectionist effects in future negotiations. So long as we have GDPR, we can rely on our stronger neigbours to insist on how those regulations are applied to protect our markets abroad.
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> This is madness. UK companies will still have to abide by GDPR if they want any online business in the European Union (as other non-EU companies already do). So UK divergence will simply mean UK double costs. – Chris Bryant
Like the ‘bring back imperial’ nonsense, I suspect if they ever do launch anything, it will be a heavily watered down version of GDPR to the point that if you are compliant to trade with the EU, you won’t have to do anything.
Unless it really does mandate no cookie pop-ups like one of the numbskull MPs was pushing for.
It is as stupid as GDPR pop ups are stupid that means very stupid.
As someone managing providers from UK on the EU side, I can only say – well shit.
Utter nonsense, why does it need a replacement when it’s fine in its current form (it’s not perfect, but do we really need our companies having to prepare for yet another regulation as well as maintaining GDPR for operating in Europe), or is this just a case of changing the colour to blue?
So basically, the government is going to make businesses work even harder to abide by two data policies all because of Brexit.
I’m on the bench about Brexit, wish there was a third option.
Any crazy reforms about stuff like this regarding privacy will see me cancelling my internet service, being really strict with what gets signed at work, or subscribing to series VPN, which will no doubt become illegal once this all goes into effect.
If you’re gonna sell *my* data and *my* privacy you’re going to compensate me. Fuck all the “if you have nothing to hide” nonsense.
As somebody who works in the finacial industry ” please no please no not again!”
This may be related to the current disasterous India trade deal negotiations.
India uses data protection regulations as a way to protect / control access to it’s services market. An insurance company providing insurance to Indians needs to use staff and computer servers physically in India. This protects the local market from foreign competition.
Recognizing that the UK is a much weaker negotiating partner than the EU, India has been aiming for a much tougher deal. Access to the UK physical goods market, and some level of labour market access (easy buisness visas) to enable outsourcing, without corresponding access for the UK to the Indian services market. So far they are playing hard ball and seem to be making good progress on the things they want without giving up the things they don’t.
Perhaps the UK has realised that if it gives up EU regulations, it will end up giving up any protectionist effects in future negotiations. So long as we have GDPR, we can rely on our stronger neigbours to insist on how those regulations are applied to protect our markets abroad.