Safe Harbour could be replaced by EU-US Privacy Shield in July - but it won't directly affect the UK

Sooraj Shah
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The UK will have to draw up its own data-sharing pact with the US and the EU after Brexit

Privacy Shield, the deal agreed between the European Union and the US to replace Safe Harbour, has undergone final amendments and could be in effect by July. The data protection arrangement had ...

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