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英國計劃在英國退歐後出台新的隱私規則，以簡化數據共享
By Catherine Stupp
凱瑟琳·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.
英國政府計劃放鬆隱私規定，並與美國和其他國家達成新的數據傳輸協議，以改革自去年脱離歐盟以來的數據監管。
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.
根據英國政府週四公佈的提案，英國新的數據保護規則將不同於歐盟的一般數據保護條例。這些變化的性質將是決定英國能否維持6月份與歐盟達成的單獨數據協議的關鍵，該協議要求英國的隱私標準與歐盟的規則保持一致。英國官員將面臨一項棘手的任務，即在法律變化與保持在歐盟指導方針內的要求之間取得平衡。
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.
英國政府表示，新的隱私規則將有利於創新，並允許更容易的數據共享，同時消除歐盟規則中的“勾選”措施。英國數字大臣奧利弗·道登在接受《每日電訊報》採訪時表示，歐盟GDPR要求網站展示繁重的橫幅，要求網站同意跟蹤訪問者的數據。
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.
英國的提案稱，修訂後的數據共享方式將有助於發展更好的科學和技術研究。該提案指的是英國的公共醫療數據庫，其中包含醫院患者的X射線和圖像，這些數據庫幫助研究人員瞭解疾病，並在新冠肺炎大流行期間快速開發治療方法。
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，將在未來幾周公開其提案，徵求公眾意見。
Companies and research organizations that operate in the U.K. and Europe say they are concerned the changes could topple the post-Brexit deal.
在英國和歐洲運營的公司和研究機構表示，他們擔心這些變化可能會推翻英國退歐後的協議。
"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.
英國國家醫療服務體系(NHS)醫療服務提供者聯合會(NHS ConFederation Of Healthcare Providers)高級歐洲政策經理羅西·理查茲(Rosie Richards)表示：“如果歐盟取消與英國的數據共享協議，將需要建立代價高昂、負擔繁重的替代傳輸機制，以使個人數據繼續流動，從而造成額外的障礙、成本和官僚作風，”英國國家醫療服務體系(NHS)醫療服務提供者聯合會的高級歐洲政策經理羅西·理查茲(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.
商業協會英國美國商業協會(BritishAmerican Business)倫敦辦事處執行董事伊曼紐爾·亞當(Emanuel Adam)表示，修改立法，使GDPR規則更加靈活，將有利於企業和創新。他説：“當然還有很多地方可以改進。”
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，許多公司不想與適用於27個歐盟國家的2018年隱私法GDPR有太大分歧。他説，大幅修改英國的規定可能不僅會危及歐盟的數據協議，還可能意味着在歐盟和英國運營的公司需要花費更多的時間和金錢來遵守這兩個系統。
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.
英國政府委託國會議員撰寫並於6月份發佈的一份報告建議，用一種侵擾性較小的系統取代GDPR，不過政府沒有義務遵循這份報告。
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.
代表歐盟談判數據傳輸協議的歐盟執行機構歐盟委員會(European Commission)的一位發言人説，歐盟委員會正在密切關注與英國數據保護規則相關的事態發展，可以暫停或終止歐盟與英國的協議。
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.
歐洲議會荷蘭議員索菲·維爾德(Sophie in‘t Veld)説，如果英國的數據政策發生重大變化，而歐盟委員會(European Commission)不終止歐盟與英國的數據協議，歐洲的公司將處於不利地位，因為英國公司可以在遵循不那麼嚴格的規則的情況下在歐盟開展業務。她説：“這將是不公平的競爭。”
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.
英國政府表示，它希望“迅速和創造性地”與包括美國、澳大利亞、哥倫比亞和韓國在內的10個優先國家達成新的數據傳輸協議。另外，在歐盟最高法院裁定之前的隱私盾牌協議非法後，歐盟正在與美國談判這樣的協議。
Write to Catherine Stupp at Catherine.Stupp@wsj.com
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