You'll have noticed that the internet giants like Google, Facebook and Ebay like to know everything about you, even tracking your friends and contacts, credit card numbers, location and the Utube videos you watch, and using your data for purposes which they don't disclose, including selling it to advertisers.
In May 2018 a new law will come into effect giving you much more rights. The UK government has committed to implementing it despite Brexit (it is an agreed EU regulation).
One article says:
"Valid consent has to be explicitly obtained for any data collected and for the uses to which it will be put. Consent for children’s data must be given by parents or guardians and data controllers must be able to prove that consent has been obtained.
Citizens will now have the right to request the deletion of personal information related to them...."
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...privacy-eu-general-data-protection-regulation
As these valuable rights have been obtained through multi-country co-operation in the EU, some newspapers are reluctant to mention it.
In May 2018 a new law will come into effect giving you much more rights. The UK government has committed to implementing it despite Brexit (it is an agreed EU regulation).
One article says:
"Valid consent has to be explicitly obtained for any data collected and for the uses to which it will be put. Consent for children’s data must be given by parents or guardians and data controllers must be able to prove that consent has been obtained.
Citizens will now have the right to request the deletion of personal information related to them...."
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...privacy-eu-general-data-protection-regulation
As these valuable rights have been obtained through multi-country co-operation in the EU, some newspapers are reluctant to mention it.