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17 Sep
Welcome back, George.

Now, about that "race-to-the-bottom" slashing of #data #protections... Image
...which, despite fine words about "maintaining high standards", is plainly the intent of @DCMS's proposed #DataProtection 'reforms':

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…

...which include the intent to (re)define "#ScientificResearch" 🤔🤔🤔 Image
Of course, we understand #TIGRR's "enthusiasm for #digital", its eye on the value of "highly #profitable consumer data", and frustration with the pesky #protections and #safeguards of #UKGDPR...

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl… Image
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17 Sep
It's quite something to watch a nation that didn't emerge until a century after it ended reinvent #feudalism...

bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

...presented as a great leap forward by a former #HedgeFund manager, no less! Image
Herded towards the cliff by the #BigFour (dodgy) Accountants of the #Apocalypse...
eand.co/our-civilizati…

(Who'da thunk that #externalities aren't so 'external' in a finite #ecosystem?) Image
Those who still read books get it, of course:

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16 Sep
On 8 September - during a consultation on the same, co-sponsored by @JuliaLopezMP - @mattwarman updated the 'UK digital #identity & attributes trust framework':
gov.uk/government/pub…

On 10 September, @OliverDowden
published '#Data: a new direction'...

gov.uk/government/con…
...a week later, they were both gone.

Also @cj_dinenage, who never quite managed to get out @DCMS's "upcoming" #DigitalStrategy, as teased in the #NationalDataStrategy (NDS).

And co-chair of the #NDS Forum, @JWhittingdale, who was "sad to give up":

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi… Image
The aforementioned
@JuliaLopezMP stepped from @cabinetofficeuk into @JWhittingdale's shoes at @DCMS - where, given her trajectory: ukauthority.com/articles/gds-r… and the joint consultation 👇 that closed just 3 days ago, one suspects she'll be spending a lot of her time on #identity... Image
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15 Sep
#Reshuffle LIVE from @SkyNews:

news.sky.com/story/boris-jo…

With additional insights from @instituteforgov:

instituteforgovernment.org.uk/blog/governmen…
#LegalTwitter seems... unimpressed at the appointment of the new Lord Chancellor:

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And those with an appreciation of the complex moving parts are raising eyebrows at this particular 'change of horses mid-stream':

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15 Sep
More info on the @CancerPrev_KCL & @CR_UK-run NHS-Galleri™ #screening trial:

kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-lea…

cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/c…

Worth noting you can't #volunteer for this trial, but if you are 50-77 & haven't been diagnosed with cancer in the past 3 years, you may be #invited... Image
The NHS-Galleri™ #screening trial is a proper #RCT, which means half of the 140,000 participants WON'T be tested (certainly not in the initial phase) and NONE will be told whether they have been #tested or not.

Of course if the test indicates *possible* markers for #cancer... Image
...then you will be contacted by the trial nurse by phone, and will be referred to an NHS hospital for further tests.

So every participant in the NHS-Galleri™ #screening trial should still attend standard screening & should contact their GP if they notice any unusual symptoms: Image
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10 Sep
"#Data: a new direction" - a public consultation by @DCMS on "reforms to the UK’s #DataProtection regime":

gov.uk/government/con…

The consultation ends on 19 Nov 2021, and you can respond by e-mail to DataReformConsultation@dcms.gov.uk or online here:

dcms.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4P… Image
A quick sample of initial reactions...

We're clearly going to be hearing a lot about #LegitimateInterests, as well as #commercial and #public ones. The real question being, how do this Government's interests actually align with YOURS?

140+ pages on a Friday is a lot to digest, but @lilianedwards' "penumbra of often futile determinedly populist ideas largely not evidence-based" seems entirely consistent with @DCMS's Drunkard's Walk through #data and #ID this past year...

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