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Looks like the suggestion of changes to data protection legislation aren't sitting well with some areas of business. Not sure how this might impact are data equivalence deal with the EU.

Adam Rose, data protection partner at law firm Mishcon de Reya, said: “Today’s announcements put the UK on a collision path with the EU, but also more widely with civil society organisations, with the likelihood of serious domestic data litigation in the future.”

William Bain, head of trade policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, added: “We will examine carefully any proposals for divergence from GDPR or other data protection or handling legislation. Firms need concrete assurances from government that these would not put our adequacy relationship with the EU at risk.”

Some also argue that the government’s announcement on cookie pop-ups masks more substantial changes that could conflict with the EU’s general data protection regulation (GDPR).

Lilian Edwards, law professor at Newcastle University and an expert in internet law, said Dowden’s attack on cookie notices “smacks of being a smokescreen” that disguised a broader weakening of good data protection practices.

“This sort of pro-Brexit talk-up is likely to achieve almost nothing — as any firm contracting with the EU and many other countries will in any case have to stick to GDPR standards — and merely jeopardise our fragile and crucial adequacy agreement,” she added.

https://www.ft.com/content/f344f7ea-...3-26b73c5804da