Google is unlikely to be moving UK users’ data to the US because of Brexit-related uncertainty and GDPR privacy rights will continue to be protected after any such move, according to a leading data protection lawyer. Reports this week claimed that the tech giant is looking to move user accounts to US datacenters following Brexit, because it’s unclear whether UK law will be aligned with the EU’s GDPR after the transition period ends this year, a status known as “adequacy.” In such circumstances, it would be more difficult for UK law enforcers to request access to user data for criminal investigations if it were still stored in Google’s Irish datacenter, it was claimed.

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