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If “guard-rails” are needed to control Artificial Intelligence, why does the DPDI No.2 Bill remove them?

June 13, 2023

Last week, the Prime Minister was quoted concerning the need to ensure Artificial Intelligence (AI) is “introduced safely and securely with guard-rails in place”. Strange to find that he appears to be unaware that several of these urgently needed guard-rails

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DPDI No.2 Bill dumps all data subject consent requirements for Third Party marketing

By Amber Hawk

May 15, 2023

The DPDI No.2 Bill (the “Bill”) overturns the Third Party direct marketing rules in relation to data subject’s consent that have applied for 40 years, ever since the DPA1984. This blog illustrates how Third Party marketeers will be able to

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The “Seven deadly privacy sins” associated with the DPDI No.2 Bill

By Amber Hawk

May 1, 2023

The blog provides a summary of seven areas where the proposed Data Protection and Digital Information No. 2 Bill (“No.2 Bill”) undermines privacy issues; these should be debated by Parliament. Some area, such as ICO independence and research, are left

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Facial recognition CCTV excluded from new data protection law by definition of “personal data”

By Amber Hawk

April 25, 2023

I have come to the conclusion that the new definition of personal data in the Data Protection and Digital Information No.2 Bill (“No.2 Bill”) only applies to facial recognition CCTV if the data subject is on a watch-list. If the

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Definition of “personal data” in DPDI No 2 Bill results in non-compliance with CoE Convention No.108

By Amber Hawk

April 13, 2023

The press release associated with the DPDI No.2 Bill proudly states that the Bill ensures “that the new regime [is] built on the UK’s high standards for data protection and privacy”. These new “high standards”, evidently, includes adopting a definition

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New DPDI Bill savings inflated by 324%; loss of Adequacy Agreement would cost UK over £2 billion

By Amber Hawk

March 28, 2023

Many commentators have remarked how very similar the Data Protection and Digital Information (DPDI) (No.2) Bill is to the original DPDI Bill published last June. If this is the case, how is it that the No.2 Bill’s projected “Best Estimate”

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DPDI No 2 Bill should be paused until the UK Bill of Rights position is resolved

By Amber Hawk

March 16, 2023

The new Data Protection and Digital Information (No 2) Bill (“No.2 Bill”) has been published, minus any Keeling Schedule, and minus any indication of how the new Bill has diverged from the old. The Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

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Government’s digital identity proposals ignore obvious privacy concerns

By Amber Hawk

February 28, 2023

There is an adage (disputed by Transport for London) that if one waits at a bus-stop for more than half an hour, three or four buses will then turn up, almost in a convoy. Curiously, this adage appears to apply

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GDPR cost UK £23 billion says Minister in charge of data protection

By Amber Hawk

November 1, 2022

Three important facts have survived the political psycho-drama of the last two months.

Despite approaching austerity, the Government remains committed to the removal or modification of all EU Regulations such as the GDPR by the end of 2023.
The re-appointment

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Expansive RAS exemption in DPDI Bill encourages unethical research

By Amber Hawk

September 19, 2022

It is well publicised that the Liz Truss Government wants rid of all that Euro-“red tape” by the end of 2023. The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (the “Bill”) does just that for the GDPR. Previous blogs have explained

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