Reform UK MP Robert Jenrick criticized the GDPR for burdening small businesses and tech firms with excessive regulation, arguing that the UK should not be adhering to EU privacy laws that harm British businesses a decade after the Brexit referendum.
The EU GDPR offers broader individual rights concerning personal data, such as the “right to be forgotten,” compared to New Zealand’s Privacy Act.
Reform UK emphasized that adopting the New Zealand model would maintain the U.K.’s EU data adequacy status, allowing personal data to continue flowing freely between the U.K. and EU.
The European Commission grants adequacy only to countries with data protection levels essentially equivalent to those of the EU.
The U.K. has already deviated from Brussels’ privacy laws with the Data (Use and Access) Act passed last year, which eased certain aspects of the U.K. GDPR to promote economic growth.













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