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Europe seems to be on a roll lately but is brexit going to change that? Is GDPR and all these other consumer focused regulations lessened by losing that market?

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Why would Brexit affect the EU's GDPR legislation that already exists? Perhaps it could change in Britain, but it would still exist in the EU, where the legislation was approved and is currently being enforced.

The ICO won't be a member of the EDPB post-Brexit which will definitely have an impact, but not a catastrophic one.

The bigger problem is that the UK won't be able to be certified as having adequate protection due to the Snooper's Charter (or, rather, any adequacy decision will be almost instantly sent for judicial review).

Yep.

I think our politicians have forgotten how much we got away with by doing it after we joined.

I live in a smaller country (canada) that doesn't have the same market strength and resources as the bigger markets. I was just wondering about the consequences of losing 70 million people and the worlds fifth largest economy would have on all these efforts.

I thought my question was fair so i don't understand the downvoting.

I think it's because politics aren't supposed to be discussed here and Brexit is such a radioactive topic like Trump that any mention of it will make everyone uneasy.

ok, well i asked a question specifically of particular interest to the tech sector. It's not like we can ignore the rules of the world we live in.

This is not exactly a consumer focusing regulation, one of the bing things of the EU is destroying barriers to the single market like foreign bank fee for withdrawals, roaming charges on phones, SEPA, etc.

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