UK Google users could lose EU GDPR data protections

Brexit prompts firm to move data and user accounts of British users from EU to US

Google is to move the data and user accounts of its British users from the EU to the US, placing them outside the strong privacy protections offered by European regulators.

The shift, prompted by Britain's exit from the EU, will leave the sensitive personal information of tens of millions not covered by Europe's world-leading General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and therefore with less protection and within easier reach of British law enforcement.