UK-Japan trade deal is a data laundry

A rushed-through trade deal with Japan could undermine UK data rights and scupper any chance of a data-equivalence deal with the EU, which is key for many digital businesses trading between the UK and Europe. The data-protection flaws in the trade deal between Japan and the UK went largely unnoticed, but the agreement creates a significant problem for dataflows because it would mean any data shared with organisations in Japan could then be transferred to many of Japan’s other trading partners. The UK-Japan agreement, among other things, would create a gateway for your data to flow to other countries that also have ‘free flow of data’ trade arrangements with Japan,” said Jim Killock, chief executive of the Open Rights Group (ORG). “Worryingly, this will permit UK data to be transferred to the…

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