UK regulator moots data protection sandbox for organisations to play in The Information Commissioner's Office has promised organisations a regulatory sandbox to test out the data protection implications of new tech as part of its first technology strategy. The strategy (PDF), which will run from 2018-21, sets out eight goals for the ICO, along with three priority areas – cybersecurity, artificial …
ICO would have a bit more credibility if they managed to get Google to reduce the tedious 32 step process that deliberately uses different interface elements/deliberate pop up modal Windows (that need to cancelled) designed to bamboozle, in order to manually opt out of Google's automatic advertising/search/Youtube 'opt-ins'.
Clear your cookies, this all has to be re-done, even though Google are still recording device info.
Also when Google Privacy Check-up states 'Already agreed" it doesn't show what you agreed to, which doesn't help anyone.
Where is the switch that just says NO for all of it, permanently, based on the device type/IP Address (again the device type Google record without permission, and no choice to opt out of storing device information).
Sure about that?
The ICO will be responsible for enforcing:
https://gdpr-info.eu/art-7-gdpr/
"Conditions for consent"
"...If the data subject’s consent is given in the context of a written declaration which also concerns other matters, the request for consent shall be presented in a manner which is clearly distinguishable from the other matters, in an intelligible and easily accessible form, using clear and plain language."
Recital 32 for good measure:
"...When the processing has multiple purposes, consent should be given for all of them."
So they won't ever empower the Regulator, not really...
Most of us feel data / privacy abuses are real crimes.
NHS/Google Deepmind case shows Court agrees too.
But UK Govt doesn't want to address white collar crime.
This is a very revealing article from a Pro-Business site:
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-03-01/britain-s-white-collar-cops-are-getting-too-good-at-their-job
....is that the ICO already doesn't use half the powers it has BEFORE GDPR. We need a regulator far less aligned to business interestes and far more representative of the public and consumers.
If the ICO can't be retasked then it should be disbanded. I've had to file 5 complaints over my life for flagrant breaches of the law, such as deliberately missed deadlines, or selective non-compliance. In each case nought more than a reminder letter has been sent to the data controllers responsible. It's simply not good enough.
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