Nigel Farage wants to scrap ‘suffocating’ UK GDPR
Public sector
Reform UK’s leader proposes ‘light-touch’ alternative, although rival politicians say plans are sparsely detailed and inconsistent with reality
Reform UK says it wants to scrap the UK GDPR after eight years of the regulations “strangling” small businesses.
The party’s leader Nigel Farage and economy chief Robert Jenrick announced additional pledges on Tuesday evening, which include scrapping the UK’s data protection regulation for a “light-touch” alternative more akin to New Zealand’s approach.
The UK’s Information Commissioner has powers to issue multi-million-pound fines to businesses that violate UK GDPR, which in 2021 replaced the pre-Brexit Data Protection Act 2018.
New Zealand’s equivalent, however, only has the power to issue fines up to NZ$50,000 under its Privacy Act 2020. The legislation is weaker in some areas compared to the UK GDPR, but imposes similar restrictions on handling and transferring data.
Building a more prosperous business environment features heavily among Reform UK’s...
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