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This note considers how UK data protection legislation affects the transfer of personal data between the UK and countries outside the European Economic Area.
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Cross-border transfers of personal data (DPA 1998 version)
Practical Law UK Practice Note 0-201-5764
(Approx. 39 pages)
Cross-border transfers of personal data (DPA 1998 version)
by Practical Law Data Protection
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Law stated as at 07 Dec 2017
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United Kingdom
This note considers how UK data protection legislation affects the transfer of personal data between the UK and countries outside the European Economic Area.
Note: With effect from 7 December 2017, this resource is no longer being maintained. From 25 May 2018, the EU
General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679)
(GDPR) replaced the current regime established by the
Data Protection Act 1998
. It is supplemented by the
Data Protection Act 2018
. For legal developments between 7 December 2017 and 24 May 2018, please refer to the legal updates on the topic page for this resource: see
Exporting personal data
.
The European Commission is reviewing a related piece of legislation, the
E-Privacy Directive (2002/58/EC)
, implemented in the UK by the
Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (2003/2426) (as amended)
(PECR). Their replacement, the draft E-Privacy Regulation (
COM (2017) 10 final
) (draft ePR), was not agreed in time to align with the GDPR on 25 May (see
Legal update, Government confirms delay to draft E-Privacy Regulation
). The Information Commissioner has confirmed that PECR (with GDPR standard of consent) will continue to apply until the draft ePR is finalised. We are updating our direct marketing, cookie and other related resources to reflect this. For further information see
E-Privacy Regulation tracker
. For further information and ICO guidance, see
Practice note, Overview of GDPR: UK perspective: Direct marketing and draft E-Privacy Regulation
.