New Data Protection Bill

A new Data Protection Bill will give the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) the power to issue higher fines, of up to £17m or four per cent of global turnover. In a statement of intent issued this week, the government said the Bill would also include the ‘right to be forgotten’, or to require social media platforms to delete information on children and adults when asked.

The government said the reliance on default opt-out or pre-selected ‘tick boxes’, which are largely ignored, to give consent for organisations to collect personal data will become a thing of the past.