With the Brexit, Great Britain will probably become a data protection-insecure third country
Hamburg, 14 March 2019 – Detlef Schmuck, Managing Director of Hamburg-based TeamDrive Systems GmbH, explains that in view of the uncertainty surrounding Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union, it is high time for companies to distinguish between continental Europe and the EU when storing personal data. The Sync&Share service of the same name allows users to determine exactly in which country their data is stored. For example, data from British persons can be stored in Great Britain and data from EU citizens can be stored in Germany.
“It becomes critical with cloud services, where the user cannot determine exactly on which servers in which countries and therefore in which legal areas his data is actually stored,” warns TeamDrive boss Detlef Schmuck.
The Brexit data protection question is relevant for all companies that transmit personal data to Great Britain or grant companies based there access to this data. Typical scenarios for this are a subsidiary in Great Britain, a service provider on the island and online services purchased from there. This can affect customers, employees or applicants, for example. If Brexit should occur, the UK will probably be classified as a third country with no data protection requirements. Accordingly, sensitive fines are to be expected.
“TeamDrive is very well prepared to deal with data protection in the Brexit case,” says Managing Director Detlef Schmuck, adding: “But of course many companies use other cloud services such as sales and marketing, which should also be reviewed in this respect.
