Sir Iain Duncan Smith’s Taskforce on Innovation, Growth and Regulatory Reform (TIGRR) has demanded the EU’s General Data Protection Legislation (GDPR) should be overhauled as Britain left the EU. The laws came into effect in May 2018 to govern how people’s personal information and data is used, processed and stored.
The task force urged the Prime Minister to forge a fresh regime and called on ministers to bring in so-called “data trusts” that could negotiate how much personal data is shared with third parties, such as Facebook.
Individuals would be able to decide how much data they are comfortable sharing and authorisation forms could be phased out, the Telegraph reported.
However, Government insiders have accused Downing Street of not being clear on its position despite revealing plans in September to create a “pro-growth and pro-innovation” data regime.
A Government insider said: “Number 10 just is not clear on what our position is [on deregulation].
“The compass swings from long periods of inactivity to bursts of dog-whistle claims of ‘we are going to scrap all the regulation on…
