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 that s our top story tonight. we re all spending more time online and whether it s 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 oppor
good evening and welcome to bbc news. new laws are to be introduced, giving people greater control over what happens to their online personal data. the government says the legislation offers the right to be forgotten, with proposals in the data protection bill making it easier to withdraw consent for information to be used. companies will also have to obtain explicit consent, rather than using pre selected tick boxes, to gather details online. here s our political correspondent, leila nathoo. your data, giving companies all sorts of intimate details about how you live your life. now a new law is supposed to give us all more control. it allows you to keep up with the change in technology. companies will have more accountability and consumers are going to have more control. the new law includes the right to be forgotten, making it easier to find out what the tech companies hold on you and get it raised. there will be an end to tick boxes on websites which often see consumer
welcome to bbc news. new laws are to be introduced, giving people greater control over what happens to their online personal data. the government says the legislation offers the right to be forgotten, with proposals in the data protection bill making it easier to withdraw consent for information to be used. companies will also have to obtain explicit consent, rather than using pre selected tick boxes, to gather details online. here s our technology correspondent rory cellanjones. your data, a valuable resource flowing around the world, giving companies and governments all sorts of intimate details about how you lived your life. now, a new law is supposed to give us all more control. the law is an opportunity to keep up with the changing pace of technology. companies will have more accountability and consumers are going to have more control. the new law includes a right to be forgotten, making it easier to find out what they do companies hold on you and get it a race. ther
athletics world championships. welcome to outside source. north korea has reacted angrily to the new sanctions applied in it by the us. well, any statement on state television, the country has said that it television, the country has said thatitis television, the country has said that it is ready to teach the usb sevilla lesson with strategic force if it faces military action over its programme. it said it would retaliate thousands of times over against the us for the losers sanctions. it said that a violent infringement on its sovereignty was at stake. but north korea was represented at the summit in manila and the spokesman also commented on the situation. it is our nuclear position if it to the world orjust the us? we want to make it clear that the worsening situation on the korean peninsula as well as other nuclear issues caused by the united states. we form we will never replace our nuclear and ballistics missiles programme on the negotiating table and will not budge one
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 don t comply could face massive fines. here s 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 accountabil