UK membership of Council of Europe has implications for data protection after Brexit
There are whispers circulating in the aether that if PrivacyShield is deemed adequate for transfers of personal data from the European Union(EU) to the USA, then in a post-Brexit Britain, something akin to PrivacyShield can allow for adequate transfers of personal data to the UK. Such an “adequacy” determination would mean that the UK would not need to implement the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Indeed, if PrivacyShield is deemed adequate, why can’t the UK also replace the current Data




