The UK is at the “end of the queue” for a deal to allow data to continue to flow freely with the EU after Brexit, according to a senior European official.
Talks over the future trade relationship between the UK and the EU will begin early next year, but officials in Brussels have warned that with only 11 months until a Brexit transition period ends in December 2020, the window may be too tight for an agreement on data.
Wojciech Wiewiorowski, the EU’s new data protection supervisor, said the UK was “13th in the row” of countries that are negotiating data deals with Brussels. Allowing the UK to skip the queue “would be a little bit unfair towards those who have already prepared themselves for this process,” he added.
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