Google has confirmed it plans to move British user accounts and data from the EU to the US as a result of Brexit.
The move will leave the sensitive personal information of tens of millions with less protection and within easier reach of British law enforcement. The decision is said to have been made due to uncertainty over whether Britain will follow GDPR or adopt other rules that could affect the handling of user data.
Ian Guider, markets editor of The Business Post, joined us to discuss this and the following other business stories:
- Rents generated by the country's biggest private landlord REIT by almost 20% last year
- Credit-score scandal fear as 15,000 given wrong rating during data breach
- Data Protection Commissioner is preparing huge fines for tech companies
- Eir profits up but only as a result of cost-cutting
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