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UK Objects to European Personal Data Proposals

posted by martyb on Monday December 29 2014, @04:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the pot-calling-kettle-black dept.

AnonTechie writes:

The UK government has raised objections to current EU proposals that would require businesses seeking to rely on "consent" as the lawful basis for processing personal data to ensure that that consent has been unambiguously given "for one or more specific purposes".

It said those proposals are "unjustified" and called on EU law makers to instead turn to the definition of consent under existing EU data protection rules instead for setting the legal standard businesses would need to achieve for consent under the draft new General Data Protection Regulation.

Under the 1995 Data Protection Directive, set to be replaced by the Regulation, individuals' consent is defined as "any freely given specific and informed indication of ... wishes by which the data subject signifies his agreement to personal data relating to him being processed".

However, organisations wishing to rely on individuals' consent to process their data are obliged to ensure that "the data subject has unambiguously given his consent". The UK government is arguing for this requirement to be removed. Its concerns are detailed in a Council of Ministers (Council) document published by information law business Amberhawk Training (PDF). ( http://amberhawk.typepad.com/files/dapix-text-eu-council-dp-reg-december-2014.pdf )

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/29/uk_trashes_consent_plans_in_eu_data_protection_reforms/

 
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  • (Score: 1) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Monday December 29 2014, @09:38PM

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Monday December 29 2014, @09:38PM (#130048) Homepage Journal

    120.0.0.1 www.googleanalytics.com
    120.0.0.1 www.doubleclick.com

    I put stuff like that in my /etc/hosts.

    I don't object at all to advertising, but I do object to analytics - not just web analytics, also mobile analytics.

    However one cannot get at a phone's /etc/hosts unless you jailbreak it. I understand that windows no longer uses /etc/hosts. One could block it at the router, alternatively one could preload a caching nameserver.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 30 2014, @01:44AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 30 2014, @01:44AM (#130091)

    APK, is that you?

  • (Score: 2) by davester666 on Tuesday December 30 2014, @06:20AM

    by davester666 (155) on Tuesday December 30 2014, @06:20AM (#130130)

    So, I guess you know who owns the server at 120.0.0.1....

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 30 2014, @02:30PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 30 2014, @02:30PM (#130203)

    127.0.0.0 is the way to go.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 30 2014, @03:31PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 30 2014, @03:31PM (#130214)

      0.0.0.0