U.K. Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham said the country should still adopt the General Data Protection Regulation, even after the results of Brexit, BBC News reports. Denham said, “I don’t think Brexit should mean Brexit when it comes to standards of data protection.” She continued, "The U.K. is going to want to continue to do business with Europe … In order for British businesses to share information and provide services for EU consumers, the law has to be equivalent. The U.K. was very involved in the drafting of the regulation — it will likely be in effect before the U.K. leaves the European Union — so I'm concerned about a start and stop regulatory environment." Denham said she also wants to address the massive Yahoo data breach and the data sharing agreement between Facebook and WhatsApp.
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