As this episode demonstrates, personal data as the new oil has lots of value but, just like oil, if personal data is leaked or misused it can have major toxic and negative impact on individuals and the general environment. As such, the GDPR will still apply to companies and organisations within the UK and we can continue to transfer personal data across those borders confident the protections applicable to the personal data here in Ireland will equally apply to that personal data within the UK. To achieve this goal, the UK introduced the Data Protection Bill in September of last year. This Data Protection Bill, currently working its way through Westminster, is designed to implement the goals and objectives of the GDPR into UK law so that the data protection regime within the UK remains in line with that of the EU. While the UK believes the new Data Protection Bill will be sufficient, there are several other UK laws that could undermine this.

Source: Irish Independent March 26, 2018 12:33 UTC