Brexit and Data Protection: What You Need to Know | Alston & Bird
Whether they can rely on one of the derogations under Article 49 of the EU GDPR. Whether they can localize personal data within the EU, obviating the need for a data transfer mechanism. On the other hand, the UK has made arrangements to treat EU Member States’ data protection laws as ‘adequate’ from a UK perspective after the end of the Brexit Transition Period—meaning that companies can freely transfer personal data to the EU from the UK. However, these arrangements will be adopted on a ‘transitional’ basis and will be kept under review by the UK government. Consider how personal...