"Companies Should Focus on EU Privacy Regime Post-Brexit," 24 Jun 2016

Companies that process or send data to European Union nations and the U.K. need to remain focused on upcoming changes to EU data protection laws despite Brexit, privacy attorneys told Bloomberg BNA...Despite the U.K.’s decision to quit the EU, U.K.-based multinational and local businesses that process or send data to…the EU will be required to follow the [General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)]…In the long-term, however, U.S. businesses will face a more complicated enforcement regime…“U.S. companies with establishments or activities in both the U.K. and EU would…face enforcement from more than one regulator,” Jonathan Kirsop, partner at Stephenson Harwood…said…“Without the U.K. as an EU member state, it's possible that the EU's stance on data transfers will harden,” [John] Drennan [,counsel at King & Spalding LLP] said, because a higher percentage of EU member states will be more skeptical about national security surveillance...