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Nicola Sturgeon says gender reform row will go to court
UK privacy watchdog silent as Google flicks off critique that its Topics API fails to reform ad-tracking
Late last week, it emerged that Google intends to ignore a call by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) — the international body that works to guide the development of web standards — to rethink the Topics API: A key ad-targeting component of Google’s so-called Privacy Sandbox proposal to evolve the adtech stack that Chrome […]
UK privacy watchdog silent as Google flicks off critique that its Topics API fails to reform ad-tracking by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
UK government blocks Scotland’s gender reform bill in constitutional first
Westminster Accounts: SNP demands ‘root-and-branch’ reform of MPs’ outside earnings
Starmer to pledge ‘biggest ever’ transfer of power as report outlines sweeping reform plans
Autumn Statement: UK gov’t tax reform, new regulations hit tech sector
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has unveiled a slew of measures affecting the UK tech industry in his Autumn Statement, whilst also introducing new tax reforms explicitly aimed at forcing Big Tech companies to pay more tax.
With the chancellor conceding that the UK is already in a recession, the Autumn Statement, issued Thursday, included the announcement of £55 billion in tax rises and cuts to public spending. The corporation tax rate will increase to 25% from April 2023, while the rate for smaller businesses—companies with less than £50,000 profit—will continue to pay a 19% tax rate.
Civil service union urges complaints reform amid bullying claims
UK pauses data reform bill to rethink how to replace GDPR
The UK government has confirmed another pause to draft digital legislation under new prime minister Liz Truss’ reshuffled cabinet — saying the data reform bill it had introduced in recent months is on hold while ministers take another look. The paused bill contained a package of amendments to the UK’s data protection regime, which remains based […]
UK pauses data reform bill to rethink how to replace GDPR by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
Senators Push To Reform Police’s Cellphone Tracking Tools
Sold by Virginia-based Fog Data Science LLC, Fog Reveal has been used since at least 2018 in criminal investigations ranging from the murder of a nurse in Arkansas to tracing the movements of a potential participant in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. The tool is rarely, if ever, mentioned in court records, something that defense attorneys say makes it harder for them to properly defend their clients in cases in which the technology was used. Panelists and members of the public who took part in the FTC hearing also raised concerns about how data generated by popular apps is used for surveillance purposes, or “in some cases, being used to infer identity and cause direct harm to people in the real world, in the physical world and being repurposed for, as was mentioned earlier, law enforcement and national security purposes,” said Stacey Gray, a senior director for U.S. programs for the Future of Privacy Forum.
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