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Do continued EU data flows to the United Kingdom offer hope for the United States?
European Commissioner for Values and Transparency Vera Jourova looks on at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/Pool
As the Biden administration and the European Commission “intensify” negotiations to re-establish a stable transatlantic data-transfer framework, Brussels separately is moving ahead to enable unrestricted data flows with two other major trading partners: the United Kingdom and the Republic of Korea.
In announcing the Commission’s preliminary “adequacy” decision for the United Kingdom on February 19, Commission Vice President Věra Jourová said that while it “has left the EU,” the United Kingdom remains a member of “the European privacy family.” The Commission’s announcement offers Washington a ray of hope. If the European Union (EU) welcomes back to the fold an ex-member with wide-ranging surveillance programs, then t
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Brexit deal grants UK temporary data adequacy
The EU-UK Brexit deal has granted the UK temporary data adequacy to allow for the continued flow of data across borders, but the agreement has divided data protection experts
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Last month, the UK and the European Union (EU) put in a place a short-term agreement as part of the Brexit deal to allow for the continued free flow of data, which supports more than £100bn in trade. But data protection experts have already raised concerns about the legitimacy of those arrangements – and are divided over what happens next.