Data Protection

(asked on 4th July 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2018 to Question 137537 on Data Protection, whether the Government has made a further assessment of its decision not to apply for an adequacy decision on data from the EU as a result of Michel Barnier’s speech at the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights on 19 June 2018.


Answered by
Robin Walker Portrait
Robin Walker
This question was answered on 11th July 2018

As the Prime Minister said in her Mansion House speech, achieving a deal on data protection is one of the foundations that must underpin the UK-EU trading relationship. We want to secure an agreement with the EU that provides stability and confidence for EU and UK business, public bodies and individuals to achieve our aims in maintaining and developing the UK’s strong economic and security links with the EU.

We are seeking to build on the standard adequacy model and want to see ongoing regulatory cooperation and joined up enforcement action between UK and EU data protection authorities. This will ensure UK and EU businesses and citizens benefit from greater cross-border cooperation for resolving data protection disputes.

It is important that we move quickly to ensure that personal data continues to flow after December 2020 and look forward to continuing discussions with the EU on this. It is in the best interests of citizens and businesses throughout the EU and the UK to provide the earliest possible reassurance that data flows can continue.

The PM set out in her Munich and Mansion house speeches that the UK will be seeking to build on the standard adequacy model and want to see ongoing regulatory cooperation and joined up enforcement action between UK and EU data protection authorities. This will ensure UK and EU businesses and citizens benefit from greater cross-border cooperation for resolving data protection disputes.

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