Against south africa. And Coming Up In World Athletics Sportsday on bbc news. There are more british medal hopes on the fourth day of these championships including laura muir in the 1500 metres final. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. A new law for the digital age thats our top story tonight. Were all spending more time online and whether its for business or pleasure it Means Companies are collecting a vast amount of information about us, some of it quite personal. Now the government is proposing legislation that will give us a right to see what Companies Know about us and in some cases force them to erase it. As our Technology Correspondent Rory Cellan Jones reports, the new law would bring the uk in line with the rest of the eu. Your data, a valuable resource flowing around the world giving companies and governments all kinds of intimate details about how you live your life. Now a new law is supposed to give us all more control. The law is an opportunity to keep up wit
And the series against south africa. And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News i will have the very latest from the fourth day of the World Athletics Championships here at the London Stadium with four gold medals to be won. Good evening. Companies will be forced to reveal just how much personal information they have about you under plans announced by the government. The new laws will give you more control over the amount of personal data held online. People will also be able to Ask Companies to delete personal data including content that they posted as children. Firms who dont comply could face massive fines. Heres our Technology Correspondent rory cellan jones. Your data, a valuable resource flowing around the world giving companies and governments all sorts of intimate details about how you live your life. Now a new law is supposed to give us all more control. The law reform is an opportunity to keep up with the change in technology. Companies will have more accountability and consumers
their sorrow over events. the 16 year old suffered multiple stab wounds in the attack and, as you say, last night a 15 year old boy and a 15 year old girl were arrested by cheshire police on suspicion of murder. they remain in custody and are being questioned by officers. brianna ghey was transgender, but police say at the moment that they are not treating this as a hate crime. but we have had a statement from brianna s family this morning, in which they described her as a much loved daughter, grand daughter and baby sister. they said her death had left a massive hole in theirfamily. we have also had a statement from birchwood school, where she was a pupil, saying they are shocked and devastated and offering support to staff and pupils over what has happened. cheshire police have stepped up activity in the area, as you may be able to see. there was a police presence outside the school this morning and they have appealed to anyone with relevant dashcam or cctv footage to get in t