No Pestering: Britain mulls Rs 177 crore fine for unwanted calls, messages
The Community News/London
Eyeing better compliance on data privacy, unwanted calls, messages and cookie pop-ups, the British government will debate hefty fines for personal space breaches.
These fines may go as high as 4 percent of global income in the new Data Protection and Digital Information Bill that will be tabled by UK Data Minister Julia Lopez.
Aiming to improve trust of netizens on the way companies handle personal data of its users, the government will set forth UK’s common-sense led data laws.
The new Bill will also give organisations better flexibility to protect personal data while maintaining enhanced privacy protection rules.
It aims to increase the fines for unwanted calls, messages from 500,000 Pounds to 17.5 million Pounds or 4 percent of global turnover to curb pestering of users.
It is also targeting to reduce consent pop-ups repeatedly asking users by websites to collect data about visits.
The new law is also ensuring parity with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and will modernise the Information Commissioner’s Office to make it ‘a world-leading, independent data regulator’.
