Re: Can you opt out of the data collection on smart TVs?
> The GDPR was implemented in the UK by the 2018 Data Protection act.
Wrong! The GDPR is a EU Regulation not a Directive and so it immediately came into effect on 25/05/2018 in all EU member countries (unlike a Directive where each country would have to create a local law to bring it into effect).
The UK DPA 2018 is a separate law in parallel with GDPR, in fact if you look at the link you posted it mentions this in the Introduction section:
"Part 2 supplements the GDPR (see Chapter 2) and applies a broadly equivalent regime to certain types of processing to which the GDPR does not apply (see Chapter 3)."
> the GDPR is still implemented in UK Law.
As part of Brexit the GDPR was replaced by the "UK GDPR" which at present is basically the same law except they basically crossed out everywhere it said "EU" and replaced it with "UK". You can find the red-lined version here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/969514/20201102_-_GDPR_-__MASTER__Keeling_Schedule__with_changes_highlighted__V4.pdf
The UK government has made noises about changing the UK GDPR in various way so that in future it may differ substantially from the GDPR (aka EU GDPR for clarity).
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