By Elena Siniscalco [Re: Donelan’s data law reform lag raises eyebrows, Oct 4] The announcement this week by culture secretary Michelle Donelan that the UK plans to replace GDPR with its own “business and consumer-friendly British data protection system” is bad news. It will only increase complexity for companies in Britain and the EU hoping to collaborate by sharing data across geographical boundaries. Companies will now have to find a new way to collaborate on data while ensuring privacy and regulatory compliance. Federated data ecosystems – which allow collaboration without the data leaving…