In a meeting today, Elizabeth Denham from @ICOnews assured me that she was “relaxed” about the UK keeping “high data protection standards”.
The Government have today appointed IDS @MPIainDS, Theresa Villiers MP and @GeorgeFreemanMP to front the axing.
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@ICOnews @MPIainDS @GeorgeFreemanMP This is what they say about #GDPR.
And they say they measure this in whether they can see an end it “pointless cookie banners”.
#GDPR could end this nonsense today, if @ICOnews had the courage to act on it.
What IDS et al seem to be saying is that transparency is fine, don’t worry about the ads.
Call me worried
They want to get rid of your right to object to life-changing automated decisions, and get human review.
Like the Exam fiasco last summer, or a finance or job application.
Because it might get in the way of the AI Industry.
Wow, wow, wow.
“Reforming GDPR could accelerate growth in the digital economy, and improve productivity and people’s lives by freeing them up from onerous compliance requirements.”
Just in case you are wondering if this Slash and Burn #GDPR Report is being taken seriously, here are the Three Wise MPs meeting @BorisJohnson about this “opportunity”.
The machine is giving it as hard a shove as it can. This is the #Brexitdividend after all.
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