The United Kingdom left the European Union at 11:00 pm on
January 31, 2020. However, the UK has entered into transitional
arrangements with the EU under which the existing data protection
frameworks established by the GDPR, including the EU-US Privacy
Shield, will continue to apply until December 31, 2020 (the period
until such date, the "transition
period").
What happens now?
In its recent statement, the UK's data protection
regulator (the Information Commissioner's Office) confirmed
that organizations do not need to take any immediate action at this
point. As such, organizations should continue to follow existing guidance in relation to their data
processing and transfer operations concerning the UK.
