UK's attempts to rewrite laws could risk data arrangement with the EU

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UK's attempts to rewrite laws could risk data arrangement with the EU
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UK's attempts to rewrite laws could risk data arrangement with the EU

The EU can terminate its adequacy decision with the UK, in cases where developments affect users' privacy

The EU Commission has warned that it will closely monitor any changes to the UK's data rules, and will cancel its data-sharing agreement with London if new rules are found to pose a threat to the p...

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