It will be difficult for the UK to be home to the next Twitter or Facebook, because of the “chilling” effects of Europe’s proposed changes to data protection laws, claim industry representatives.
Industry trade bodies, including the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB); Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG); Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec); the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), and the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), have signed an open letter to ministers, warning them that the EC’s proposals to clamp down on data violations would hamper growth of the digital industry in the UK.
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