# The United Kingdom's draft decisions regarding adequate protection: The EDPB issues opinions.

- Type: News
- Source: EDPB
- Date: 2025-10-20
- Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/52109
- Topics: Privacy Shield, IP Address, International Transfer, Accountability, Law Enforcement, Supervision, Consent

## Summary

Brussels, October 20th - During its latest plenary meeting, the EDPB (European Data Protection Board) adopted two opinions on the draft decisions of the European Commission regarding the extension of the validity of the decisions on the adequacy of the United Kingdom, as stipulated in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Law Enforcement Directive (LED), until December 2031. The EDPB opinions, requested by the Commission under Article 70(1)(s) of the GDPR and Article 51(1)(g) of the LED, address the proposed six-year extension of the two decisions on the adequacy of the United Kingdom, which are currently due to expire.

## Full text

Brussels, October 20th - During its latest plenary meeting, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted two opinions on the draft decisions of the European Commission regarding the extension of the validity of the decisions on the adequacy of the United Kingdom, as established under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Enforcement and Cooperation Directive (ECD). The EDPB's opinions, requested by the Commission based on Article 70(1)(s) of the GDPR and Article 51(1)(g) of the ECD, address the proposed six-year extension of the two decisions on the adequacy of the United Kingdom, which are currently due to expire in December 2025. The extension of the validity of the decisions on the adequacy of the United Kingdom allows organizations and supervisory authorities based in Europe to continue transferring data to organizations and authorities in the United Kingdom, without having to implement additional safeguards. "The EDPB welcomes the ongoing alignment between data protection regulations in the United Kingdom and Europe, despite recent changes in UK legislation. I urge the European Commission to address the points raised by the EDPB and to..."

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## Cited law provisions (2)

### GDPR — gdpr-art-51-par-1-en

Each Member State shall provide for one or more independent public authorities to be responsible for monitoring the application of this Regulation, in order to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons in relation to processing and to facilitate the free flow of personal data within the Union (‘supervisory authority’).

### GDPR — gdpr-art-70-par-1-pnt-s-en

provide the Commission with an opinion for the assessment of the adequacy of the level of protection in a third country or international organisation, including for the assessment whether a third country, a territory or one or more specified sectors within that third country, or an international organisation no longer ensures an adequate level of protection. To that end, the Commission shall provide the Board with all necessary documentation, including correspondence with the government of the third country, with regard to that third country, territory or specified sector, or with the international organisation.

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