[Gloomily3819]

Brexit looking good right now.

[Cthulhu_]

One reason behind Brexit was that there were EU privacy laws in place that prevented UK citizens' data to be sold or exported to US based companies, like NHS data [0] https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/dec/08/nhs-gives-am... or https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-us-data-bridge....

Also with protecting the internal market; the UK is interested in importing US produce like chlorinated eggs and chickens, but EU laws said nu uh: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/25/business/chlorinated-chic...

[2pEXgD0fZ5cF]

Britain is already terrible when it comes to matters of privacy and/or encryption

[DrScientist]

Yep - or world leading depending on which side of the fence you sit :-)

This is from 1981.....

https://www.duncancampbell.org/content/big-brother-listening...

[mihaaly]

They are just lazy and occupied with other means of pretend right now, that's the only reason they did not pull a more drastic version of this just yet. It will come eventually.

[xandrius]

You must not have a great eyesight then.