European Commission Urged to Revoke UK Data Adequacy Decision Due to Privacy Concerns

By Scott Ikeda for CPO Magazine
Tuesday, June 17, 2025

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The UK data adequacy decision was slated to expire this month, but recently received a six-month extension approval from the EDPB. The civil society groups are calling for withdrawal of this extension if the UK government does not ensure an equivalent level of data protection and implement a transparent process of review of the privacy concerns that have been raised.

Dr. Kolochenko, CEO at ImmuniWeb, believes that there is very little chance of this actually happening: “Without delving into the intricacies and complexities of national security law of the UK and EU member states, it would be fair to say that, in many aspects, the current UK legislation provides an equal or even better protection for individuals compared to legislation of some European countries. In any case, if the European Commission decides to rescind the UK data adequacy decision, the EU shall rapidly prepare for a reciprocal answer. Worst, such precedent may cause a domino effect, leading to invalidation of adequacy decisions with other countries. This might eventually lead to a digital self-isolation of European businesses and economic hardship for both large and small companies. Therefore, and in view of the recent comments made by Mario Draghi about the downsides of GDPR, the non-renewal of the UK adequacy decision seems to be quite unlikely in the near future.” Read Full Article