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ARTICLE · 01 MARCH 2021

UK Data Protection Law After Brexit

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On 24 December 2020, the UK and the EU agreed the Trade and Co-operation Agreement between the EU and the UK (the "TCA").

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Douglas McLachlan
Douglas McLachlan

On 24 December 2020, the UK and the EU agreed the Trade and Co-operation Agreement between the EU and the UK (the "TCA"). The full text of the TCA can be found here.

Among the many arrangements that came into force at the end of the Brexit transition period at 11pm on 31 December 2020 was a new arrangement relating to the protection of personal data. In this insight article, we set out how the law in relation to data protection works following Brexit. It is of relevance to businesses, third sector or public sector organisations who process personal data (i.e. just about all of them) particularly if they transfer personal data outside the UK, for example if their IT system stores personal data to a Data Centre in an EU Member State such as the Republic of Ireland, or in the Cloud.

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