{"id":891,"date":"2021-10-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/duffyregan.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/10\/04\/data-easing-for-the-uk\/"},"modified":"2021-10-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T23:00:00","slug":"data-easing-for-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/duffyregan.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/10\/04\/data-easing-for-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Data easing for the UK?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent press release issued by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with the leading title &ldquo;Unleashing Data&rsquo;s Power&rdquo;, it was announced:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Information Commissioner&rsquo;s Office (ICO) is set for an overhaul to drive greater innovation and growth in the UK&rsquo;s data sector and better protect the public from major data threats, under planned reforms announced by the Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden today.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Plans include tougher penalties for nuisance calls and text messages.<\/li>\n<li>Government wants new data regime &ldquo;based on common sense, not box ticking&rdquo; to cement UK&rsquo;s position as a science and tech superpower.<\/li>\n<li>Consultation launched today will also examine what more can be done to mitigate algorithmic bias.<\/li>\n<li>World-leading experts appointed to the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation&rsquo;s advisory board to drive trustworthy innovation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to government sources the reforms will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cement our position as a science superpower, simplifying data use by researchers and developers of AI and other cutting-edge technologies.<\/li>\n<li>Build on the unprecedented and life-saving use of data to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/li>\n<li>Secure the UK&rsquo;s status as a global hub for the free and responsible flow of personal data &#8211; complementing our ambitious agenda for new trade deals and data partnerships with some of the world&rsquo;s fastest growing economies.<\/li>\n<li>Reinforce the responsibility of businesses to keep personal information safe, while empowering them to grow and innovate.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that the ICO remains a world-leading regulator, enabling people to use data responsibly to achieve economic and social goals.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!-- -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent press release issued by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with the leading title &ldquo;Unleashing Data&rsquo;s Power&rdquo;, it was announced: &ldquo;The Information Commissioner&rsquo;s Office (ICO) is set for an overhaul to drive greater innovation and growth in the UK&rsquo;s data sector and better protect the public from major data threats, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/duffyregan.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/duffyregan.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/duffyregan.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/duffyregan.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/duffyregan.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/duffyregan.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/duffyregan.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/duffyregan.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}