since she became the new doctor who, jodie whittaker says she can t wait to start life as a timelord. i hope my gender isn t a fearful thing for the fans because in this world particularly, there are no rules and that is a great thing. new laws will 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 . proposals in the data protection bill would make it easierfor users of social media platforms like facebook to get content about themselves deleted. meanwhile companies would also have to get explicit consent to collect personal data, rather than rely on pre selected tick boxes. here s our political correspondent, leila nathoo. our lives are led online. we all leave a digital trail. but what happens to all the information we upload about ourselves? a new law will ensure that the united kingdom will retain its world class regime of protecting personal data. now we wi
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
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