The Open Rights Group, a digital campaign group with 20,000 members, has criticised the British government’s new Data Reform Bill, saying it will “endanger consumers” and make it easier for businesses to “spy” on people through their computers.
The Data Reform Bill, announced in the Queen’s Speech, would replace pop-up cookie alerts on websites with an opt-out system allowing users to cover all data permissions in their web browser settings, removing the need to consent every time a user visits a new website.
