UK-Japan trade deal threatens UK citizens' online privacy, ORG warns

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Adopting a 'free flow of data' approach would be a radical departure from the UK's current position, argues the Open Rights Group

Clauses in the recently announced UK-Japan free trade agreement pose an "existential threat" to the data protection rights in the UK, the Open Rights Group (ORG) has warned. The UK signed its fi...

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