Brussels on the verge of issuing a positive data adequacy decision for UK
The European Commission could announce the decision as early as this week

The European Union (EU) is set to recommend a positive data adequacy decision for the UK after finding that Britain has sufficient measures in place to protect European users' personal data. The Financial...
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