Three months on from the landmark Brexit vote 23 June, the
Information Commissioner's Office is setting out its position
regarding data protection laws in a post-Brexit UK. Elizabeth
Denham, the new Information Commissioner, told the BBC that she
believed the UK should adopt the General Data Protection Regulation
(GDPR) regardless of Brexit.
Denham stressed that the UK will want to continue to do business
with Europe, and to do so it will need to comply with EU data
protection laws as, "In order for British businesses to share
information and provide services for EU consumers, the law has to
be equivalent."
Not afraid to tread the somewhat charged political ground,
Denham made her views clear that leaving the EU did not mean
leaving behind European regulations where they concern data
protection. In an unmistakeable reference to Prime Minister Theresa
May's catchphrase "Brexit means Brexit," Denham has
pointedly stated, "I don't think that Brexit should mean
Brexit
