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In September the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) launched a consultation on its proposed reforms for the UK’s approach to data protection laws. The DCMS has called for organisations and groups to provide their opinion and views on a range of different topics. These include reforming the legitimate interest and lawful basis requirements; AI regulation; requirements around the need for Data Protection Officers (DPOs), Article 30 Records of Processing Activities, and Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA); role of the ICOThe Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is the United Kingdom’s independent supervisory authority for upholding information rights in the public interest, ensuring compliance with the UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018, and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR).; and data breaches.
One of the suggestions by the DCMS, also echoed by the ICO, is a change to the rules around the use of cookiesData which tracks a visitor’s movement on a website and remembers their behaviour and preferences.. The DCMS’s proposals would introduce a one-time approach to cookies, where the user decides upfront what their preference is, and this will be applied across all online services. The ICO has supported this approach, stating that it will allow for meaningful consideration by users of the categories of data they are happy to have collected. The ICO has further suggested that the Government should consider legislation against cookie walls (like cookie pop-ups with no option to reject) altogether.
The deadline to respond to the consultation is on the 19th November 2021. We have written a blog about the proposals included within it, giving an impact assessment on the areas we feel are the most important. You can find our blog here. If you want to take part in the DCMS consultation, you can find the questions here.