Government propose to tip the scales in the controller’s legitimate interests
The Government proposes that the “Legitimate Interests” balancing test between controller and data subject in A.6(1)(f) is changed so that the controller’s legitimate interests always prevails in a limited number of pre-defined circumstances. As far as I can see, this proposal is based on a false data protection analysis and illustrated by examples that show that no change is needed. If the controller’s legitimate interests always prevails, it follows that the data subject’s right to object to the processing and




