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European Union: European Commission published draft decision on the adequate protection of personal data by the United Kingdom

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European Commission published draft decision on the adequate protection of personal data by the United Kingdom

On 19 February 2021, the European Commission (EC) published its draft decision on the adequacy of the UK data protection regime with the EU GDPR, which approves personal data transfers. The EC noted that the EU will monitor the progress and rescind the decision should the UK diverge from the GDPR to a problematic degree.

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Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cross-border data transfer regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

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2021-02-19
under deliberation

On 19 February 2021, the European Commission (EC) published its draft decision on the adequacy of t…

2021-06-16
in force

On 16 June 2021, the EU member states voted unanimously for the draft Commission Implementing Decis…

2021-06-28
adopted

On 28 June 2021, the European Commission published its decision on the adequacy of the UK data prot…

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