UK Data Protection Reform with Kuan Hon and Punit Bhatia in The FIT4PRIVACY Podcast E067 (Full)

UK Data Protection Reform. Or, data the new strategy.   Would it set a new standard in the data protection world?  Or will it degrade GDPR Standard that the UK has through UK GDPR?   Punit is joined by Kuan Hon for a conversation about all these questions relating to UK Data Protection Reform. Take a listen and get to understand the reform from someone who is involved in it.  Disclaimer: Although Kuan is a member of the UK's International Data Transfer Expert Council, her views are personal to her alone and should not be taken to represent the views of the Council or any UK government department  KEY CONVERSATION POINTS    00:00:00 Intro   00:01:46 Privacy Journey   00:03:14 About Data – The New Direction   00:04:50 Why do we need this    00:06:21 Understand what is changing in data protection   00:09:48 Is it Tougher than EU GDPR?   00:11:09 Categorizing Data will be allowed?   00:15:06 Impact on UK Adequacy   00:19:35 Do we still need DPO to implement this new law?   00:24:09 New builds of laws   00:26:25 Reformed, Change for Cookies   00:29:17 Timeline, Next step to bill for the new direction   00:31:58 Thank you      ABOUT THE GUEST    Dr. W Kuan Hon is Of Counsel in the Privacy and Cybersecurity Group of leading international law firm Dentons. An English solicitor and New York attorney with degrees in computing science as well as law, Kuan advises not only on data- and security-related laws but also on broader tech law issues, particularly regarding cloud and AI. She is a member of the UK government's International Data Transfer Expert Council, an Editor of the Encyclopedia of Data Protection and Privacy, and a guest lecturer for the Department of Computing at Imperial College London. Kuan previously volunteered for the UK Information Commissioner's Office, the UK National Cyber Security Centre, and the UN Privacy Preserving Techniques Legal Task Team. She is the author of "Data localization laws and policy - the EU data protection international transfers restriction through a cloud computing lens" (Edward Elgar, 2017) and has contributed to other books and written numerous articles.    Although Kuan is a member of the UK's International Data Transfer Expert Council, her views are personal to her alone and should not be taken to represent the views of the Council or any UK government department   Link to Bio: https://www.dentons.com/en/kuan-hon   ABOUT THE HOST    Punit Bhatia is one of the leading privacy experts who works independently and has worked with professionals in over 30 countries. Punit works with business and privacy leaders to create an organizational culture with high privacy awareness and compliance as a business priority. Selectively, Punit is open to mentoring and coaching privacy professionals.    Punit is the author of books “Be Ready for GDPR” which was rated as the best GDPR Book, “AI & Privacy – How To Find Balance”, “Intro To GDPR”, and “Be an Effective DPO”. Punit is a global speaker who has spoken at over 30 global events. Punit is the creator and host of the FIT4PRIVACY Podcast. This podcast has been featured among the top GDPR and privacy podcasts.    As a person, Punit is an avid thinker and believes in thinking, believing, and acting in line with one’s values to have joy in life. He has developed the philosophy named ‘ABC for the joy of life’ which passionately shares. Punit is based out of Belgium, the heart of Europe.     RESOURCES    Podcast https://www.fit4privacy.com/podcast   Blog https://www.fit4privacy.com/blog   YouTube http://youtube.com/fit4privacy