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'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 data official.'
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'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....'

'A deal is critical for scores of businesses, especially in the tech, health and insurance sectors, which regularly transfer data - including bank details and other personal information - to and from the continent for analysis or processing.'

“There will be trillions of issues that need to be resolved. Each side will have their list of what is most important. It is hard to see how data protection will be on the top of that list,” warned one EU official.'

'Outside company-to-company transfers, the lack of a data flows deal will also complicate how social security authorities in the UK and EU27 member states can legally transfer the private information of citizens for the calculation of benefits and other payments.'