In message , at 11:06:12 on Thu, 10 Nov
2016, Roland Perry remarked:

This isn't hypothetical, there's a huge Data Protection shake-up due to
be in force by May 2018.

http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevi...ce.svc/evidenc
edocument/culture-media-and-sport-committee/responsibilities-of-the-
secretary-of-state-for-culture-media-and-sport/oral/42119.html

Minister (Q72): "I had a meeting in the Department for Exiting the
European Union on Thursday with the Secretary of State. We went through
a number of matters. An example might be the General Data Protection
Regulation, which of course comes into effect in the spring of 2018. We
will be members of the EU in 2018 and therefore it would be expected and
quite normal for us to opt into the GDPR and then look later at how best
we might be able to help British business with data protection while
maintaining high levels of protection for members of the public."

I wonder if "help British business" means water it down a tad?
--
Roland Perry