Brexit effect on UK data protection Laws & GDPR
Brexit effect on UK data protection Laws & GDPR The UK is coming to the end of the Brexit transition period with a resolution on the future relationship with the EU seemingly very far away. While a wide-ranging deal seems increasingly unlikely, it is still possible we will get a number of hastily organised last-minute sectoral agreements and in many ways, data protection would be a prime candidate for this kind of deal given that the UK has already made provision to continue with the current regime, at least in the short term. If, however, no deal is forthcoming, the UK will become a third country for GDPR purposes on 1 January 2021 (implementation day or ID). What does that mean? The UK data protection regime from 1 January 2021 The UK has made preparations to adopt the GDPR to work as a piece of UK legislation in conjunction with the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA18). The draft Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations...