In our recent 'Responding to Data Protection Claims' article, we provide an overview of these cases and our commentary.
2021 saw a raft of proposals for post-Brexit data protection measures and reforms, including measures to:
Businesses will welcome the plans to re-balance UK data protection law towards trade and innovation. However, the reforms are at an early stage and subject to consultation. It is unclear how they will find their way into UK data protection law.
There is also the question of the UK’s adequacy status with the EU. Post-Brexit, the EU granted the UK adequacy status on the basis that the UK would remain aligned to EU data standards. If we depart too far from the EU data laws, we risk losing our adequacy status.
We can be sure that UK and EU organisations will be monitoring developments in this area with interest over the coming months and years.