We have a deal! After several months of negotiations, on 24 December 2020, the EU and the UK announced that they have finally agreed on an agreement regulating trade and cooperation between the UK and the remaining 27 member states after 31 December 2020 (Trade Agreement). From a data protection perspective, this is welcome news
The UK is nearing the end of its Brexit transition period (the Transition Period), which expires Dec. 31, 2020. Although the UK has not been a party to the European Economic Area (EEA) agreement since the passage of Brexit, it has been treated as an EEA member during the Transition Period. Because of this status,
With the backdrop of an apricot-coral sunset from high above San Francisco Bay, Greenberg Traurig was pleased to welcome leaders from the United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), as part of an IAPP S.F. Bay Area Knowledgenet held at the law firm on February 11.
The U.K.’s Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, and ICO Executive Director,