A new report from the U.K. House of Lords' EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee says plans for data transfers post-Brexit are lacking in detail and could hurt the U.K.'s economy and law enforcement, the Financial Times reports. "The U.K. could be put at a competitive disadvantage and the police could lose access to information and intelligence mechanisms," the committee warned. It also noted that nearly half the U.K.'s trade in services is "enabled by digital technologies and the associated data flows" and that three-quarters of all data shared across borders is with the EU. Michael Jay, chair of the subcommittee, said, "The government says the right things but we have had no evidence yet that it sees the potential seriousness of Brexit for data protection and is taking the necessary steps." The report recommends the U.K. obtain an adequacy decision from the European Commission and also warned that taking a "lax approach" to transfers with the U.S., since the U.K. would no longer be part of Privacy Shield, "would put [an] adequacy decision at risk." (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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