Future of U.K. Data Protection Laws Unclear
By Doug Bonner
As new British Prime Minister Theresa May assembles her new Cabinet, including a new Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union following the June 23, 2016 Brexit referendum outcome, the U.K.'s march forward to leave the EU does create uncertainty about whether the U.K. will continue to follow EU data protection laws, including implementation of the EU's new General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), scheduled to become effective on May 25, 2018. Furthermore, the recently negotiated U.S./EU Privacy Shield, approved by the European Commission on July 12, 2016 as a replacement privacy regime for the EU-invalidated Safe Harbor, may face an uncertain future in the U.K. as well if it is not an available framework for multinational businesses to do business in the U.K.
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As new British Prime Minister Theresa May assembles her new Cabinet, including a new Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union following the June 23, 2016 Brexit referendum outcome, the U.K.'s march forward to leave the EU does create uncertainty about whether the U.K. will continue to follow EU data protection laws, including implementation of the EU's new General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), scheduled to become effective on May 25, 2018. Furthermore, the recently negotiated U.S./EU Privacy Shield, approved by the European Commission on July 12, 2016 as a replacement privacy regime for the EU-invalidated Safe Harbor, may face an uncertain future in the U.K. as well if it is not an available framework for multinational businesses to do business in the U.K.
Labels: Bond Dickinson, Brexit, EU privacy, EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, FCC, Global Business Group, Telecom, transatlantic data
