The die is cast. At the time of drafting this paper the so-called Brexit, the exit of the UK from the EU, seems like a … disturbance to an already functioning system. UK and EU data protection are intrinsically connected by now, by osmosis, after … place, the preferred way forward for the authors would be for the UK to unreservedly and permanently adhere to the EU data …

Brexit desiderata, and analyses the challenges of the future relationship between the UK and the EU in light of the solutions … data transfers. Indeed, the adequacy mechanism will subject the UK legal system to regular monitoring by the EU which will … restrict the UK’s ability to freely develop its own data protection framework for fear of losing the EU adequacy status …