When a Tory government sweeps away EU-generated legislation in the interest of making life for business easier, one should worry. When it says it can improve on that legislation with its own, one should have handy a pile of salt to pinch from. When one of the areas it is legislating in is data protection, and makes this the subject of a key speech at its annual rally, warning bells should ring. A data protection Bill was already introduced to parliament, but has had to be paused without debate as the new multinational-friendly Truss government wants to tinker with it.
There will be comment elsewhere on the effect on international trade, online customers and social media users. However, we should also be concerned about the gathering and use of personal data for political purposes. The UK implementation of EU GDPR regulations imposed heavy burdens on small voluntary organisations, including local political parties. In my opinion, that could have been made simpler in respective of logistics without affecting the general principles of protection. Better that, though, than the scandal of data misuse, The concern is that the Conservative party, which has form in this area, wants to sweep away practically all protection.
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