Google users in UK to lose EU data protection

By Joseph Menn on Feb 20, 2020 1:15PM

Google uncertain if UK will adopt own GDPR standards.

Google is planning to move its British users' accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators, placing them under US jurisdiction instead, sources said. The shift, prompted by Britain's exit from the EU, will leave the sensitive personal information of tens of millions with less ...

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