Brussels is considering restricting the transfer of all personal data between Britain and the EU after Brexit because of the UK’s strict surveillance laws, ministers have been privately warned. The government will outline plans today to allow information about European citizens to continue to move between the UK and the EU. Without an agreement internet companies such as Google, Facebook and Amazon will be forced to move their EU-wide data storage centres out of the UK, which is the point of origin for three quarters of all data flows across the Continent. Britain’s data storage industry is worth about £15 billion to the economy. Ministers have been warned that the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 could delay or wreck any agreement on the free flow of…

Source: The Times August 23, 2017 23:03 UTC