Brexit Google users in the UK could lose EU Data Protection Cover

Google intends to transfer its British users’ accounts out of control of European Union privacy regulators so that they can be placed instead of US jurisdiction, sources said.

Transition, in the background the British exit from the EU, to leave sensitive personal information of tens of millions to protect less and within easier reach of British law enforcement agencies.

The change was described by Reuters three people familiar with its plans. Google plans to require its British users recognize the new Terms and Conditions including the new powers.

In Ireland, where Google and other US tech companies have their European headquarters, is staying in the EU, which is one of the most aggressive data protection rules of the general Data Protection Regulation.

Google has decided to move its users the British out of Ireland jurisdiction because it is unclear Kingdom GDPR follow or adopt other rules that may affect the handling of user data, the people said.

If the British Google users have their data stored in Ireland, it would be difficult for the British authorities to recover it in the criminal investigation.

However, the recent Cloud Act in the United States are expected to facilitate the British authorities to get information from U.S. companies. Britain and the United States are also on track to negotiate a wider trade agreement.

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In addition to this, the United States is the weakest of significant economic data protection without extensive law despite years of driving by consumer groups.

Google spokesman declined to comment before the public announcement.

The employee is familiar with the planned move, said that the rules on the privacy of the British, who at least for now keep track of GDPR, should continue to apply to the Government’s request for information from Google’s US headquarters.

Google has amassed one of the largest stores information about people on the planet, using the data to tailor services and selling advertising.

Google could also have been proportion of Britain’s answer to the British subsidiary, but did not want to, the people said.

Lea Kissner, Google’s global privacy former lead by technology, said he would be surprised if the company would have had to British accounts are monitored with an EU country the UK is no longer a member.

“There is a bunch of noise about British government possibly trading off enough to lose the adequacy of data protection GDPR, at which point they take the scope of Google’s Irish tones of super-messy” Kissner said.

“Do not ever discount the desire of technology did not catch the two different governments.”

In the coming months, other U.S. technology companies are forced to make the same choices, according to people involved in internal discussions elsewhere.

Facebook, which is similar to the creation of Google, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

(Reporting by Joseph Menn; Editing by Greg Mitchell and David Evans)