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As the deadline drew closer to the end of the six-month bridging period, provided under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the European Commission adopted two adequacy decisions for the United Kingdom: One under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the other for the Law Enforcement Directive on the processing of personal data for criminal offenses.
With these decisions, the European Commission affirms the UK has entirely incorporated the GDPR requirements and the Law Enforcement Directive into its post-Brexit legal system.
What are the underlying grounds for the decisions?
It’s worth it to note that the decisions include a “sunset” clause, for the first time, which sets a time limit on the validity of the decisions.
According to the clause, the decisions will expire four years after the effective date and could be renewed if the UK maintains the adequate level of data protection for personal data. During this term, the Commission will monitor the legal system in the UK and could intervene at any time, should the UK fail to maintain adequacy.
As always, we’ll keep you informed on further developments.