UK data protection laws face reform to spur economy

UK data protection laws face reform to spur economy

The UK's data protection laws face being reformed to be more business-friendly as the government aims to spur economic growth following the downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.The digital secretary Oliver Dowden said that Britain should take a "slightly less European approach" to privacy, referencing the EU's General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), "by focusing more on the outcomes that we want to have and less on the burdens".

He spoke as the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport celebrated the country's technology industry, which it said was advertising 116,000 jobs in March "representing a recovery to pre-pandemic levels" and up from 85,000 vacancies in January.

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The UK will take a 'slightly less European approach' to data privacy



"As we move from sustaining the economy [during the pandemic], to the real drive for growth -