Fewer Cookie Pop-Ups – But At What Cost?

A government Bill has laid out a new UK data protection regime (which diverges from EU regulations) and which the government says will ease the burden of compliance on businesses. 

Data Reform Bill 

The government says that the ‘Data Reform Bill’, announced in this year’s Queen’s Speech, and outlined as part of London Tech Week, has been designed to: 

- Strengthen the UK’s data protection standards while replacing ‘unnecessary’ paperwork to deliver around £1 billion in b...