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**Chris** · 27-08-2021, 11:05

Calling the EU an enemy is a bit OTT, but their actions suggest they now see us as a strategic rival rather than as an ally and we should view them likewise.

International treaties are generally based on mutual recognition of standards, not on alignment, and while the data treaty between the UK and EU does indeed use the language of recognition (“adequacy” in this case) the EU’s warnings in this case demonstrate that what they really want is alignment, or as near to it as possible.

It is ludicrous to suggest that the UK’s new data regime would materially threaten the personal details of EU citizens (as it would also do the same to UK citizens), though as all EU systems are an excessively bureaucratic fudge designed to mollify competing interests across member states, it is odds-on that the UK’s new regime could be markedly more efficient - and that’s what the EU is actually worried about. They will hide behind data security concerns but in fact, what they fear is the freedom we now have to out-compete them.

27-08-2021, 11:05	#2097
Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,118	Re: Britain outside the EU Calling the EU an enemy is a bit OTT, but their actions suggest they now see us as a strategic rival rather than as an ally and we should view them likewise. International treaties are generally based on mutual recognition of standards, not on alignment, and while the data treaty between the UK and EU does indeed use the language of recognition (“adequacy” in this case) the EU’s warnings in this case demonstrate that what they really want is alignment, or as near to it as possible. It is ludicrous to suggest that the UK’s new data regime would materially threaten the personal details of EU citizens (as it would also do the same to UK citizens), though as all EU systems are an excessively bureaucratic fudge designed to mollify competing interests across member states, it is odds-on that the UK’s new regime could be markedly more efficient - and that’s what the EU is actually worried about. They will hide behind data security concerns but in fact, what they fear is the freedom we now have to out-compete them.