Category: data protection law

Open Rights Group Says UK Data Reform Bill Would ‘Endanger Consumers’

The Open Rights Group, a digital campaign group with 20,000 members, has criticised the British government’s new Data Reform Bill, saying it will “endanger consumers” and make it easier for businesses to “spy” on people through their computers. The Data Reform Bill, announced in the Queen’s Speech, would replace pop-up cookie alerts on websites with…


China Passes Sweeping Data Control Law Amid Escalating Tech Crackdown

China has passed a sweeping data protection law that is set to impose strict control measures on the private sector’s handling of personal data, building on an already expansive crackdown on the country’s tech sector that has rattled global stock markets. The personal information protection law, passed through the Chinese Communist Party’s ceremonial legislature on…