Can the UK really be 'Singapore on the English Channel' for digital trade?
A Westminster forum on international digital trade finds one country more in focus than others. Why?
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Brexit Freedoms Bill - Britain continues to look in rear-view mirror
Debating Brexit is futile now that the exit from the EU has happened. But if the UK wants to be at the ‘leading edge of science and technology’ it needs to put forward some actual ideas on how to make that happen.
Cookie monstering as a cover for data regime change - the UK picks a dangerous fight over GDPR
The UK hasn't wasted any time in deciding to water down GDPR in pursuit of making new business deals. Savvy move or risky political gambit?
UK tech investment - how’s it holding up in the Brexit and COVID-19 world?
Leaders at a Westminster eForum policy conference discuss the opportunities and challenges within UK technology investment.
And data shall flow! EU and UK step towards post-Brexit data adequacy accord (albeit lacking entente cordiale)
The much-needed and peculiarly delayed adequacy decision from the European Commission regarding free data flows to Brexit Britain finally seems to be reaching a positive conclusion.
Enterprises in limbo as the Brexit 'Christmas Miracle' leaves data adequacy up in the air
A Brexit deal was struck before 2020 ended, but it lacks a resolution to the long term free movement of data between the UK and the EU. The data adequacy dilemma needs urgent attention before the clock runs down...
GDPR - Europe's data protection success or another blocker to a post-Brexit data adequacy deal?
GDPR Is a European data protection success story, yes? Well, yes...but it could also be a complicating factor in trying to secure a post-Brexit data adequacy deal between the UK and the EU.
D-Day for Brexit - but does the 'd' stand for data adequacy or for disaster?
The Brexit negotiations between the UK and the EU appear to be lurching to a close. What does that mean for the still unresolved issue of data adequacy?
Data Protection - adequacy and the Brexit dimension
The Westminster eForum debated data protection and a major challenge to business and IT leaders - the B-word.
The high price of Brexit - the £1.6 billion cost of the UK not securing a data adequacy deal with the EU (and it impacts US firms as well)
The UK and the EU have yet to reach an adequacy agreement that will keep data flowing to and from one another - and that's something that ought to concern US firms based in Brexit Britain.
FinTech at bay - Brexit alarm bells sound in US banks
There are big challenges facing UK FinTech companies as Brexit looms.
Privacy Shield and Brexit - another layer of complication adds to regulatory uncertainty
Brexit adds another complication to the post-Privacy Shield world if you do business in the UK...
Does Brexit Britain have a data strategy fit for purpose? - the private sector perspective
Data sharing is a crucial ingredient of the digital economy and one that post-Brexit Britain is going to have to get on top of to compete with its US and EU peers.
Post-Brexit data protection policy could be national "self-harm", warns Microsoft
As the UK government today lays out its demands for what a post-Brexit relationship with Europe looks like, will data adequacy get the focus it deserves? As a Westminster e-Forum audience heard this week, there will be dire consequences if not.
