Member

The aim of this reform is to provide legal clarity in the Bill to law enforcement agencies in the UK, so that they can embrace the technology they need and make use of international processors with confidence. Such transfers are already permissible under the legislation but we know that there is some ambiguity in how the law can be applied in practice. This reform intends to remove those obstacles. The noble Lord would like to refrain from divergence from EU law. I believe that in this Bill we have drafted the provisions, including this one, with retaining adequacy in mind. As the noble Lord is aware, the Government are committed to maintaining our EU adequacy status.