At the IAPP Europe Data Protection Intensive 2018, Hogan Lovells Partner Eduardo Ustaran, CIPP/E, discussed the future of U.K. data privacy laws post-Brexit, Computer Weekly reports. Ustaran said an adequacy decision would be the best way to keep data flows going between the U.K. and the EU, but the Investigatory Powers Act could play a major role in an adequacy ruling. While an adequacy decision down the road may be in question, Ustaran said efforts by the U.K. will mean data protection laws within the country will look similar to the EU General Data Protection Regulation “no matter what shape Brexit takes.”
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