An online event held on 21 October discussed how digital trade with the EU will be affected post-Brexit once the UK reforms its data protection laws. The event was hosted by the Wales Cross Party Group on Digital Rights, of which Open Rights Group (ORG) is the secretariat. ORG's legal and policy officer, Mariano Delli Santi, spoke about the problems the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill will cause to UK and EU trade. Ada Lovelace Institute (ALI) legal researcher Valentina Palace also spoke about missed opportunities to redress the power imbalance between data subjects and data controllers. Meanwhile, Wales Trade Union Congress (TUC), Ceri Williams discussed the impact of reforms on workers' rights.
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