Brexit Uncertainty Forebodes Wait-and-See Approach Over Future of Data Transfer
'Keep calm and carry on?' Not quite. Deal or no deal, Brexit has left companies uncertain about how to manage their cross-border data.
April 10, 2019 at 11:30 AM
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As the deadline for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union looms with no deal in sight, data privacy attorneys said many are taking a wait-and-see-approach over how they can transfer data between the U.K. and EU after Brexit.
To be sure, even if the deadline passed without a withdrawal agreement approved by the U.K. Parliament, the U.K. would still be subject to the General Data Protection Regulation until Dec. 31, 2020, when the country would officially leave the bloc.
“EU-originated personal data will go without any formal restriction to the U.K. during that 21-month grace period,” said Gabriel Voisin, a London-based Bird & Bird partner.
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