UK's GDPR replacement is an "unworkable headline-grabber"

Data Reform Bill only “tweaks edges” of the GDPR and will increase costs for any firm dealing with Europe

Tom Allen
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IT leaders feel the Data Reform Bill will add cost and complexity for only minimal benefit
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IT leaders feel the Data Reform Bill will add cost and complexity for only minimal benefit

The UK’s proposed domestic answer to the EU’s GDPR, the Data Reform Bill, is an expensive, cumbersome red herring in its current form, and unlikely to differ from the EU regulation in any significant way.

"Whoever's come up with the idea of doing this, they probably haven't thought about the overhead associated with the management of two regulations," said Michelle Moody, MD of Technical Consulting ...

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