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• @oliverdowden Oliver Dowden on x

  Now that we've left the EU we can seize the opportunity to develop a world-leading data regime that will deliver for people across the UK. Forging new global data partnerships and designing our own common sense data laws are all part of our plan. 👉 https://www.gov.uk/... https://…

• @troyhunt Troy Hunt on x

  Is England getting rid of cookie warnings as part of brexit? Is this the silver lining in the cloud?! https://twitter.com/...

• @iconews ICO on x

  .@DCMS have today announced current New Zealand Privacy Commissioner, John Edwards, as the preferred candidate for the UK's next Information Commissioner. Read more: https://www.gov.uk/... https://twitter.com/...

• @carolecadwalla Carole Cadwalladr on x

  This is huge assault on our fundamental digital & therefore human rights. The government is using Brexit to tear up GDPR. This is a huge huge step backwards. https://twitter.com/...

• @garyandrews Gary Andrews on x

  “High risk cookie” 🤔😐 https://twitter.com/...

• @harryyorke1 Harry Yorke on x

  Exclusive: Ministers are preparing to overhaul the EU GDPR rules and replace with new British data privacy laws Oliver Dowden says will spell end to ‘pointless’ cookie requests and red tape for biz But diverging threatens to spark fresh row with EU https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ ..…

• @oliverdowden Oliver Dowden on x

  Future partnerships with India, Brazil, Kenya and Indonesia are also being prioritised, building significantly on the £80 billion of data exports from the UK every year. All part of our plan to usher in a new era of data-driven growth. https://www.gov.uk/...

• @oliverdowden Oliver Dowden on x

  We're seeking exciting new international data partnerships with some of the world's fastest growing economies. The United States, Australia, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, the Dubai International Finance Centre and Colombia are the first territories the UK will prioritise. htt…

• @jamesrbuk James Ball on x

  This is one of those things that sounds really obvious and good but is in reality messy as hell. It's fair to say GDPR and cookie regulations have contributed to the usability crisis of the modern web: endlessly clicking “agree” is soul-sapping... https://www.cityam.com/...

• @tgyateng Tracey Gyateng on x

  Today's announcement from DCMS https://www.gov.uk/... for data to be unleashed adds to the swell of govt papers e.g NDS, BEIS innovation strategy.... I'm ready to read the details now of how we uphold privacy & rights; widen data use; keep EU adequacy & create more data deals htt…

• @vmanancourt Vincent Manancourt on x

  Big day in UK data land today: It's confirmed that New Zealander John Edwards is to succeed Liz Denham as the Information Commissioner, and also said it's going to seek feedback on changing its privacy framework: https://www.gov.uk/...

• @martinsfp Martin Sfp Bryant on x

  “The government intends to redefine UK citizens' privacy rights, using meaningless soundbites... to cover up the fact that it intends to reduce the UK's currently world class privacy standards and replace them with worse protections for data.” https://techcrunch.com/...

• @dcms @dcms on x

  Data transfer arrangements with other countries will allow us to: ➡️ Seamlessly & securely share data across borders ➡️ Power technological innovation ➡️ Support scientific research ➡️ Increase international cooperation to keep the public safe https://www.gov.uk/... https://twitt…