BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, has warned the government it needs to protect the UK's data adequacy agreement with the European Union. The warning comes following the announcements in the Queen's Speech last week, which outlined proposed reforms to the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 with a new Data Reform Bill. Dr Sam De Silva, Chair of BCS' Law Specialist Group, said: "What was in the Queen's Speech in relation to the reform of data protection was not surprising," but went on to say, "of course, the devil will be in the detail."
Elsewhere, The Register reports that legal experts fear the data reforms will make it harder for international companies to conduct their business. Georgina Kon, technology and media partner at law firm Linklaters, said, "Companies with a footprint in EU and UK will not welcome proposals to diverge from GDPR. If the UK just goes on its own and tries to do something different from the EU it is going to be much more expensive for them. I don't really see that data protection officers are hungry to do something different from GDPR."
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