ABSTRACT
In September 2021, the UK government released for public consultation a set of proposed reforms to its data protection regime. The reforms are part of a broader national strategy, which aims to incentivise innovation and make the UK an international ‘data hub’. Some of the suggested reforms pursue these goals by lowering data protection standards that were acquired with the adoption of the GDPR into UK law. In this article, we analyse the major proposals from a data protection perspective. We argue that some of the reforms undermine data privacy, regulatory probity, harm prevention, and have contraindications for data subjects and businesses, especially when considering the ‘Brussels effect’ and the growing international compliance with the EU GDPR. We also highlight the reforms that have the potential to facilitate data-driven innovation without weakening data protection standards and suggest other reforms of a similar kind.
Mazzi, Francesca and Adonis, Abid and Cowls, Josh and Tsamados, Andreas and Taddeo, Mariarosaria and Floridi, Luciano, The UK GDPR Reform: missing data privacy, regulatory probity, and harm prevention (November 19, 2021).
First posted 2021-12-07 13:10:20
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