Ruling keeps data flows with UK open

The European Commission lifted the threat of crucial data flows between Europe and Britain being blocked as it said on Friday that privacy safeguards in the United Kingdom met European standards. In a key post-Brexit decision, the EU executive said that British authorities had sufficient measures in place to protect European users’ personal data, freeing up data transfers for businesses as well as for police. The decision would ensure that data protection will “never be compromised when personal data travel across the Channel”, said EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders.