# Lords Committee to hear evidence on data protection after Brexit

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/01/30/lords-committee-hear-evidence-data-protection-brexit/
- Published: 2017-01-30T08:35:13+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**House of Lords EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee is to question Matt Hancock MP, Minister
of State for Digital and Culture, on the European Union data protection package 
this Wednesday (1^(st) February).**

The UK will no longer be part of the [EU-US Privacy Shield](https://www.privacyshield.gov/)
or the EU-US Umbrella Agreement once it leaves Europe, and it is assumed that the
UK will be treated as a third country on all other data protection issues.

The purpose of the session therefore is to explore the Government’s views on the
future arrangements for data sharing with the EU and the US and to identify the 
key safeguards in the EU’s new data protection package, which is due to be implemented
in the UK by 2018.

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According to the House of Lords, the Committee is likely to ask Mr Hancock the following
questions:

 * Assuming the UK will be treated as a third country post-Brexit, what will be 
   the default position as a matter of law for data flows between the UK and the
   EU if we haven’t secured an adequacy decision at the point when we leave the 
   EU?
 * What changes will need to be made to the 1998 Data Protection Act to bring it
   into compliance with the GDPR and the Data Protection Directive and what timeline
   is the Government looking at to make the necessary changes?
 * Will the Government be seeking to obtain an adequacy decision to enable data 
   sharing between the UK and the EU after Brexit?
 * What will be the arrangements for data sharing between the UK and the US after
   the UK leaves the EU?

The evidence sessions will start at 10:30am on Wednesday 1 February in the House
of Lords.

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