In the margins of yesterday's Trussfest, Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan opened a new front - British Data Protection for British People. She said the EU-wide General Data Protection Regulations (observed in this country for over four years) were 'limiting the potential of our businesses' and had led to 'excessive caution'. 'We’ve even had churches write to the department, pleading for us to do something, so that they can send newsletters out to their communities without worrying about breaching data rules.'
Oddly, the Government already had a Data Protection and Digital Information Bill heading through Parliament - that was paused a few weeks ago, and is now presumed dead.
She noted that some countries have taken different approaches, quoting Israel (where they have GPDR plus) and Canada (which fails to comply with GPDR because not-for-profit organizations, political parties and associations, educational institutions and hospitals, are excluded from their local legislation as long as they don’t engage in any commercial activities). Hmmm.
I complained to the ICO as I contacted my MP and then was flooded with news letters that I never agreed to, I’m pleased that the ICO found Maria Caulfield has breached Data protection legislation. And I look forward to her email apologising. pic.twitter.com/SBguk8aju3
— Cllr Sean Macleod 🔶⚒🇺🇦 (@SMacleod86) October 3, 2022
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