GDPR Protection Will Continue After Google’s US Data Move, Says Lawyer

GDPR Protection Will Continue After Google’s US Data Move, Says Lawyer

Google is unlikely to be moving UK users’ data to the US because of Brexit-related uncertainty and GDPR privacy rights will continue to be protected after any such move, according to a leading data protection lawyer.



Reports this week claimed that the tech giant is looking to move user accounts to US datacenters following Brexit, because it’s unclear whether UK law will be aligned with the EU’s GDPR after the transition period ends this year, a status known as “adequacy.”



In such circumstances, it would be more difficult for UK law enforcers to request access to user data for criminal investigations if it were still stored in Google’s Irish datacenter, it was claimed.



However, the UK has already enshrined GDPR into its own law (Data Protection Act 2018) and intends to recognize the EU’s data protection system as adequate, even in a no-deal scenario, because it believes free data flows to the continent are vital to economic growth.



This means that “Brexit should not affect UK to EEA data flows,” according to Toni Vitale, partner and head of data protection at JMW Solicitors.



He told Infosecurity that a move across the Atlantic would not affect Google UK users’ privacy rights or the ability of the British authorities to access such data.



“The rationale for the move is unlikely to have anything to do with Brexit, the EU GDPR or uncertainty of what will happen with UK data protection laws,” Vitale ..

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