That cringey Facebook post may soon not be forever, under UK data law proposal
London — Britons will be able to make social media platforms like Facebook delete information, including content published in their childhood, under government proposals that will bring data laws into line with new European regulations. Individuals will have more control over their data by having "the right to be forgotten" and ask for their personal data to be erased, in the measures announced by digital minister Matt Hancock on Monday. Companies will also have to ask people for permission to collect personal data rather then rely on pre-selected tick boxes, which are largely ignored, he said. The new rules will bring British law into line with the EU’s general data protection regulation (GDPR), which tightens and extends the scope of data protection law. The GDPR becomes enforceable from May 2018. Lawyers and tech industry experts have said the UK will have to continue complying with GDPR after Britain leaves the EU in 2019 to avoid disruption to the data traffic that is essential...
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