From: Out-Law.com
The UK government has criticised proposed new rules for governing transfers of personal data outside of the EU.
Home secretary Theresa May said that the proposals were “inflexible” and “do not reflect the realities of the modern, interconnected world”.
May was briefing the UK parliament ahead of today’s meeting in Brussels of justice ministers from across the EU. On the agenda at the meeting are discussions on how to progress towards reforms to the EU’s data protection framework.
May said, though, that the draft General Data Protection Regulation as currently worded should not be introduced into law.
“The UK continues to believe that [the draft General Data Protection Regulation] is far from ready for a general agreement, and that no such agreement can occur until the text as a whole has been approved,” May told MPs. “The proposal remains burdensome on both public and private sector organisations and the government would not want to see inflexible rules on transfers outside the European economic area which do not reflect the realities of the modern, interconnected world.”
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