NGOs slam UK over privacy rollbacks, warn of threat to EU data adequacy deal

NGOs slam UK over privacy rollbacks, warn of threat to EU data adequacy deal

"There is a substantive risk that the UK adequacy decisions could be struck down by the Court of Justice of the European Union" the letter reads.

UK data adequacy under scrutiny - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

Civil society organisations, including EDRi and EDRi members Open Rights Group and Privacy International, are urging the European Commission not to re-adopt the UK’s data adequacy decisions without meaningful reform. The UK’s rollback of protections under the guise of ‘simplification’ puts the level of protection required by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) case law at risk and expos…