Global Data Privacy: Britain becomes first nation to get associate status
London
Britain on Thursday became the first nation in the world to get associate status to Global Cross Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) Forum for having high global data privacy standards.
The move will not only provide an opportunity to drive cooperation with member nations on international data flows but will enable to build global data transfer systems.
The member nations of the Global CPBR Forum include US, Canada, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Philippines, Singapore and Chinese Taipei.
The forum supports data transfers between member countries, safeguarding standards for data protection and privacy.
As modern businesses needed to move customer and company data from one country to another, international data transfers have now become an integral part of operations.
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A UK government official said 93 percent of the country’s exports in 2021 were data-enabled, pointing towards trusted data flow becoming significant in economic growth.
UK Data and Digital Infrastructure Minister, Sir John Whittingdale said this will prove to be a key step to build a practical and effective system for global data transfers.
As data safety and security are quite important while moving it between countries, there is a need to design solutions with partner nations that are suitable for all.
“The UK already has high data protection standards in place when it comes to international transfers, and we look forward to sharing it with the Forum,” he added.
It is worth noting that the CBPR system is a government-backed global data privacy certification program that companies can join to show their protection norms.
Large or multinational companies as Apple, IBM, and Mastercard have already been certified under the Forum’s framework which also supports secure data flow.
