EU rules UK data protection is ‘adequate’ in boost for business

Decision that allows information to continue to flow to and from UK could be revoked immediately'

British data protection standards are adequate", the EU has ruled in a long-awaited decision that lets digital information continue to flow between the UK and the bloc. But Brussels warned Boris Johnson's government the decision could be revoked immediately" if it sees weakening UK standards.

Failure to get a positive decision would have risked plunging British businesses into disarray, leaving industries from banking to logistics scrambling to set up more costly, bureaucratic alternatives to share data.