Context
The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, and President Biden have agreed an economic partnership which will see the UK and the US work together more closely across the full spectrum of economic, technological, commercial and trade relations. In includes a commitment in principle to a new UK-US Data Bridge which would make it easier for around 55,000 UK businesses to transfer data freely to certified US organisations.
Key points to note
- The new “data bridge” would be an extension of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, dubbed ‘Privacy Shield 2.0’.
- It appears that there will be a UK extension to the Data Privacy Framework between the US and EU, similar to a previous Swiss-US Privacy Shield.
- The European Commission has signalled its intention to adopt an adequacy decision in respect of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. That framework has been developed after its predecessor, the EU-US Privacy Shield, was invalidated by a ruling of the EU’s highest court.
- The UK-US data bridge, when finalised, would constitute a UK-issued adequacy decision.
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