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Republic of Korea: Announced negotiations on UK-Korea data adequacy agreement

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Announced negotiations on UK-Korea data adequacy agreement

On 26 August 2021, the government of the United Kingdom announced the start of negotiations on a data adequacy partnership with the Republic of Korea. The bilateral agreement would allow organisations to transfer data between the two countries without restrictions.

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Scope

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

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2021-08-26
under deliberation

On 26 August 2021, the government of the United Kingdom announced the start of negotiations on a da…

2022-07-05
adopted

On 5 July 2022, the governments of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Korea announced they had …

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