[HN Gopher] The UK Government published their plans to water dow...
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       The UK Government published their plans to water down GDPR. It is
       bad, bad
        
       Author : GordonS
       Score  : 40 points
       Date   : 2021-09-10 19:08 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | jka wrote:
       | Changes to Article 22 seem worth following fairly closely.
       | 
       | As I understand it, the original EU GDPR Article 22[1] disallows
       | the use of solely automated data processes that have a legal or
       | significant effect on individuals.
       | 
       | The Digital Marketing Association has a publication to educate
       | marketers about the EU GDPR, and mentions[2] significant effects
       | in the context of online marketing.
       | 
       | It explains, for example, that in a situation which borders on
       | exploitation, an individual in debt could be provided with
       | automated advertising about high-interest loans, leading them
       | further towards financial and personal distress.
       | 
       | That's an example of a case where no legal effect is necessarily
       | felt; I'm sure there are potential situations in which automated
       | legal decisions would have an even more significant impact.
       | 
       | No doubt there is ambiguity in article 22 but I think that the UK
       | Government, TIGRR and others involved should be careful not to
       | open dangerous avenues while in the pursuit of (no-doubt well-
       | meaning) scientific research angles.
       | 
       | [1] - https://gdpr.eu/article-22-automated-individual-decision-
       | mak...
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       | [2] - https://dma.org.uk/uploads/misc/5b322a16cc6a6-gdpr-for-
       | marke...
        
       | GordonS wrote:
       | I've just responded as part of the public consultation - there
       | are so many questions that it took me 2.5 hours!
       | 
       | These proposals really are a disgrace - they weaken data security
       | and privacy in just about every conceivable way, while also
       | giving the security services new mass surveillance powers, and
       | giving the police carte blanche on data collection (including
       | biometrics, like facial recognition).
       | 
       | I'm seriously disturbed that there are people in our government
       | so determined for us to slide into authoritarianism.
        
         | noodlesUK wrote:
         | I'm glad that there is a public consultation for this, and we
         | should try our best to fill it out to give the government an
         | understanding that they've screwed up, but I fear it will fall
         | on deaf ears.
        
       | krater23 wrote:
       | The Clickbait-Text on the end of the first post brought me to
       | closing the tab. Sorry...
        
       | aquir wrote:
       | After bad decisions such as Brexit I don't even pretend to be
       | surprised. Such a shameful plan - I can just hope that it won't
       | became the law
        
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