Regardless of the future of the UK’s status outside of the EU in the coming years, the country is anticipated to try and ensure at least direct compliance with the bloc’s incoming data regulation principles and sharing agreements, not least as it looks to secure potential trade deals globally.
The European Parliament has earlier this year approved the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that will apply across all EU member states from mid-2018 as a means to grant citizens improved control over how their information is being shared.
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