"The EU has extended its adequacy decision, allowing data sharing with and from the UK under the General Data Protection Regulation for at least six more years. This will be some relief to techies in the UK and the member state block and beyond whose work or product set depends on the frictionless movement of data between the two, especially as they can point to the 2031 expiration date as a risk managing aspect to backers and partners. But the move does have its critics."
"In a statement last week, the European Commission - the executive branch of the EU - said that it was renewing the 2021 decision to allow the free flow of personal data with the United Kingdom. "The decisions ensure that personal data can continue flowing freely and safely between the European Economic Area (EEA) and the United Kingdom, as the UK legal framework contains data protection safeguards that are essentially equivalent to those provided by the EU," it said."
The European Commission renewed the 2021 adequacy decision, enabling continued GDPR-aligned transfers of personal data between the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom until 27 December 2031. The renewal follows a June 2025 technical six-month extension and was adopted after the European Data Protection Board's opinion and Member States' approval. The decisions will be reviewed after four years. The adequacy status reflects that the UK legal framework contains data protection safeguards essentially equivalent to those provided by the EU. The extension reduces operational and commercial risks for organisations reliant on frictionless cross-border data flows, while critics remain.
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