DTA Webinar : Post-Brexit Push for Deregulation in Global Data Governance
The Post-Brexit Push For Deregulation in Global Data Governance
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 9AM ET (New York), 2PM BST (London), 3PM CET (Brussels)
Please join the Digital Trade Alliance for a timely webinar to discuss a new report about the United Kingdom’s post-Brexit strategy to promote deregulation in global digital trade and data governance through a number of new free trade agreements and domestic data protection reforms.
The UK government aims to become the world's most attractive data hub and marketplace,shifting away from the EU data governance frameworks and towards a closer alignment with the United States and Indo-Pacific region. The UK’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and other recent UK agreements with countries in the region like Japan, Singapore and Australia prioritize digital trade and data flows over consumer protections.
To align with the data regimes of CPTPP countries, the UK is transforming its domestic data protection framework to depart from the EU approach in areas such as identifiable information, research, automated decisions, data rights, and business obligations. These reforms openly tilt the balance towards the needs of business by reducing consumer digital rights and could jeopardise the existing arrangements for free flow of data between the UK and the EU, which would cause major economic turmoil.
Speakers:
Javier Ruiz, Digital Trade Alliance
Ioannis Kouvakas, Privacy International
Alex Lawrence‑Archer, AWO
Deepika Yadav, Digital Trade Alliance (moderator)