The UK Sits Between Two Stools … and Must Pick One

For data, the UK sits between two stools. One is a GDPR-focused viewpoint of the world, and where the citizen has core rights to privacy, consent and security. On the other, we have the other viewpoint where there are too many risks to our society, and where we must break encryption and mass harvest communications. The UK, soon, must decide on which stool it will sit, as it cannot sit on both of these.