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by barnaclebuster 2315 days ago
It's much more likely to depend on what UK legislation is in force. Right now there is UK legislation to enact GDPR and that does not simply disappear because the UK left the EU. Unless new laws are passed, whatever is on the UK statute books remains unaltered.
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PaulRobinson 2315 days ago
The article calls out that Google are betting that they will introduce new laws with lower protections to get trade deals with the US, and so they're getting ready for that now.

That is not a bad bet given briefings from Downing Street on trade deals.

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g_p 2315 days ago
Indeed - the Data Protection Act (2018) effectively is the GDPR, by updating existing data protection legislation. Indeed, some parts of it are referenced against the GDPR itself, e.g. paragraph 157 on penalties.
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