Practical Implications Of Brexit – Data Protection

Both the Island's Information Commissioner and the UK's Information Commissioner's Office have put in considerable work in preparing for Brexit and their respective websites contain a lot of useful information.

The starting point is the EU Commission's Notice of January 2018 pointing out that following Brexit the UK will be a third country and will no longer benefit from the freedom to transfer data within EU and EEA member states.

Of course the UK provides legislative and administrative resources at least comparable to those of EU and EEA member states. It can be expected, therefore, that the UK will in due course benefit from an "adequacy decision" of the EU Commission which will facilitate the transfer of personal data from EU and EEA data controllers to their counterparts in UK.