U.K. Plans New Post-Brexit Privacy Rules to Ease Data Sharing
U.K. Plans New Post-Brexit Privacy Rules to Ease Data Sharing
DJ U.K. Plans New Post-Brexit Privacy Rules to Ease Data Sharing
DJ英国计划在英国退欧后出台新的隐私规则，以简化数据共享
By Catherine Stupp
凯瑟琳·斯塔普(Catherine Stupp)著
The U.K. government plans to relax its privacy rules and strike new data transfer agreements with the U.S. and other countries in a move to reform data regulations since leaving the European Union last year.
英国政府计划放松隐私规定，并与美国和其他国家达成新的数据传输协议，以改革自去年脱离欧盟以来的数据监管。
New British data protection rules would differ from the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, according to the government's proposal published Thursday. The nature of those changes will be crucial for determining whether the U.K. can maintain a separate data agreement completed in June with the EU that requires British privacy standards remain equivalent to the union's rules. U.K. officials will have the tricky task of balancing the legal changes with the requirements for remaining within EU guidelines.
根据英国政府周四公布的提案，英国新的数据保护规则将不同于欧盟的一般数据保护条例。这些变化的性质将是决定英国能否维持6月份与欧盟达成的单独数据协议的关键，该协议要求英国的隐私标准与欧盟的规则保持一致。英国官员将面临一项棘手的任务，即在法律变化与保持在欧盟指导方针内的要求之间取得平衡。
The U.K. government said the new privacy rules will be innovation-friendly and allow for easier data-sharing while eliminating "box-ticking" measures from the EU rules. British Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden told the Telegraph newspaper that the EU GDPR requires websites to display onerous banners asking for consent to track visitors' data.
英国政府表示，新的隐私规则将有利于创新，并允许更容易的数据共享，同时消除欧盟规则中的“勾选”措施。英国数字大臣奥利弗·道登在接受《每日电讯报》采访时表示，欧盟GDPR要求网站展示繁重的横幅，要求网站同意跟踪访问者的数据。
A revised approach to data sharing would help develop better scientific and technology research, the U.K. proposal said, referring to the country's public healthcare database of hospital patients' X-rays and images that helped researchers understand the disease and quickly develop treatment during the Covid-19 pandemic.
英国的提案称，修订后的数据共享方式将有助于发展更好的科学和技术研究。该提案指的是英国的公共医疗数据库，其中包含医院患者的X射线和图像，这些数据库帮助研究人员了解疾病，并在新冠肺炎大流行期间快速开发治疗方法。
The government said it would open its proposals for public comments in the coming weeks before making legal changes.
政府表示，在做出法律修改之前，将在未来几周公开其提案，征求公众意见。
Companies and research organizations that operate in the U.K. and Europe say they are concerned the changes could topple the post-Brexit deal.
在英国和欧洲运营的公司和研究机构表示，他们担心这些变化可能会推翻英国退欧后的协议。
"If the EU revokes the data sharing agreement with the U.K., costly and burdensome alternative transfer mechanisms will need to be put in place for personal data to continue to flow, creating additional barriers, costs and bureaucracy," said Rosie Richards, senior European policy manager at the NHS Confederation of healthcare providers in the U.K. National Health Service.
英国国家医疗服务体系(NHS)医疗服务提供者联合会(NHS ConFederation Of Healthcare Providers)高级欧洲政策经理罗西·理查兹(Rosie Richards)表示：“如果欧盟取消与英国的数据共享协议，将需要建立代价高昂、负担繁重的替代传输机制，以使个人数据继续流动，从而造成额外的障碍、成本和官僚作风，”英国国家医疗服务体系(NHS)医疗服务提供者联合会的高级欧洲政策经理罗西·理查兹(Rosie Richards)表示。
Legislative changes to make the GDPR rules more flexible would be good for businesses and innovation, said Emanuel Adam, executive director of the London office of BritishAmerican Business, a business association. "There are certainly things that can be improved," he said.
商业协会英国美国商业协会(BritishAmerican Business)伦敦办事处执行董事伊曼纽尔·亚当(Emanuel Adam)表示，修改立法，使GDPR规则更加灵活，将有利于企业和创新。他说：“当然还有很多地方可以改进。”
However, many companies don't want to diverge too much from the GDPR, the 2018 privacy law that applies in the 27 EU countries. Drastic changes to the U.K.'s rules might not only jeopardize the EU data agreement, but might also mean companies that operate in the EU and Britain would need to spend more time and money to comply with both systems, he said.
然而，许多公司不想与适用于27个欧盟国家的2018年隐私法GDPR有太大分歧。他说，大幅修改英国的规定可能不仅会危及欧盟的数据协议，还可能意味着在欧盟和英国运营的公司需要花费更多的时间和金钱来遵守这两个系统。
A report commissioned by the U.K. government from members of parliament and published in June recommended replacing the GDPR with a system that is less intrusive, though the government isn't obligated to follow the report.
英国政府委托国会议员撰写并于6月份发布的一份报告建议，用一种侵扰性较小的系统取代GDPR，不过政府没有义务遵循这份报告。
A spokesman for the European Commission, the EU executive body that negotiates data-transfer deals on behalf of the bloc, said the commission is closely monitoring developments related to the U.K.'s data-protection rules and can suspend or end the EU-U.K. agreement.
代表欧盟谈判数据传输协议的欧盟执行机构欧盟委员会(European Commission)的一位发言人说，欧盟委员会正在密切关注与英国数据保护规则相关的事态发展，可以暂停或终止欧盟与英国的协议。
If the U.K.'s data policies change significantly and the European Commission doesn't end the EU-U.K. data deal, companies in Europe will be at a disadvantage because British companies could do business in the EU while following less stringent rules, said Sophie in 't Veld, a Dutch member of the European Parliament. "That would be unfair competition," she said.
欧洲议会荷兰议员索菲·维尔德(Sophie in‘t Veld)说，如果英国的数据政策发生重大变化，而欧盟委员会(European Commission)不终止欧盟与英国的数据协议，欧洲的公司将处于不利地位，因为英国公司可以在遵循不那么严格的规则的情况下在欧盟开展业务。她说：“这将是不公平的竞争。”
The U.K. government said it wants to "quickly and creatively" conclude new data-transfer agreements with 10 priority countries including the U.S., Australia, Colombia and South Korea. Separately, the EU is negotiating such a deal with the U.S. after the top EU court ruled that the previous Privacy Shield agreement was illegal.
英国政府表示，它希望“迅速和创造性地”与包括美国、澳大利亚、哥伦比亚和韩国在内的10个优先国家达成新的数据传输协议。另外，在欧盟最高法院裁定之前的隐私盾牌协议非法后，欧盟正在与美国谈判这样的协议。
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