On the 28th June 2021 the European Commission has adopted two adequacy decision for the United Kingdom of Britain and Norther Ireland, one based on the General Data Protection Regulation and the other one based on the Directive of Personal Data Protection. According to the adequacy decisions of United Kingdom, public authorities, organizations and companies shall share personal data in United Kingdom. Practically, this means that European Entities (including the EEA) which transfer other data to other data controllers and…
Read moreLUXEMBOURG SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY: CONSEQUENCES OF THE BREXIT FOR INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERENCE OF DATA
On the 28th of June 2021, the European Commission has revealed, with two adequacy decision, that the United Kingdom provides an adequate level of personal data protection, in compliance with he General Data Protection Regulation and the Directive on personal data protection in criminal and national security matters. This decision means that the personal data protection regimen of the United Kingdom offers guarantees “substantially equivalent” to those one of the European Union and that tranferences of personal data in United…
Read moreFINNISH SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY: the European Commission has taken two adequacy decision on the personal data protection in the UK
The European Commission has adopted two adequacy decision for the United Kingdom, by permitting to continue all personal data transferences between the EEA and the United Kingdom after the transitional period post-Brexit. The decision in under the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union and the other decision is pursuant to the General Directive of personal data protection of European Union in criminal matters. The adequacy decision of the Commission, known as equivalence decision, is the main basis for…
Read moreDANISH SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY: the United Kingdom has been recognized as safe third country
Personal data can still be transferred in United Kingdom without a legal basis for the transference because the European Commission has established that it is a safe country. The European Commission has approved the United Kingdom as a safe third country under both the General Data Protection Regulation and the Legislation on the implementation of the Law of the 28th of June 2021. This is done by issuing two so-called adequacy decision, which mean that at the end of the…
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