The UK government cannot cope with the pace of change in the digital world, wrote BBC Media Editor Amol Rajan, and has responded to just half of 14 reports covering important issues in the sector, according to Dr Kate Dommett, special adviser to the House of Lords Select Committee on Democracy and Digital Technologies. She said that while there was a "growing recognition among ministers about the need for more robust regulation around data protection issues", it is still not clear how much progress they have made towards doing so.
The UK government cannot cope with the pace of change in the digital world, wrote BBC Media Editor Amol Rajan, and has responded to just half of 14 reports covering important issues in the sector, according to Dr Kate Dommett, special adviser to the House of Lords Select Committee on Democracy and Digital Technologies. Compounding the lack of action has been the revolving door at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which has seen nine secretaries of state in seven years, and the practical and legal challenges posed by non-UK domiciled firms.