New data porting rules mustn't overburden businesses with costs, says UK minister Rules designed to enable consumers to move their data from one platform to another should not be so costly to comply with that they serve as a "barrier to entry" into markets, the UK's parliamentary under-secretary of state for the Department for Business, Innovation has said. Baroness Neville-Rolfe said that the planned new …
Most UK "off" of seem pretty much either a)See the world from the suppliers PoV (regulatory capture) or b)Ineffective at enforcing the laws that cover their sector.
Note there is a line where mandating data requirements crosses over into internal operational decisions about the database. But the gas and electricity utility providers managed to figure out how to deal with this, why can't banks and ISP's ?
or is this a solution to a problem we don't have ?
The only time I've had problems switching suppliers of anything was when you wanted to keep your mobile number - and the PAC code regulations fixed that.
Beyond that, I've managed to remember my name, address and bank details to give to any new supplier of any service I want.
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