Hi there, welcome back to Emnex's weekly podcast covering the top regulatory issues around the world.

My name is James Panicki from Emlex's Asia-Pacific team. It's great to be with you again.

Now, today won't be the first time that we've talked about the European Union's sprawling

data privacy legislation, the general data protection regulation or GDPR. Most recently we talked

about how the collapse of the European Union's privacy shield that allowed for data to flow

between the EU and the

US has reverberated around the world. Well today we're going to add to that discussion and

talk about how jurisdictions outside of Europe are gearing up to meet the GDPR's requirements,

something that has become critical for businesses needing to move data in and out of the EU.

Canada is offering an interesting case study on this with concerns over the limitations of

federal legislation, prompting provincial governments to find some solutions.

We'll talk that through with our senior correspondent Amy Miller in just a few minutes' time.

But in Europe, there's an even more pressing issue bubbling away at the moment. It won't have escaped your attention

that the UK has voted to leave the EU, and as a result, it will leave EU regulation behind.

That's all good and well, if that's your thing, of course. However, it brings with it concerns

over adequacy. If both sides want to maintain the flow of data once Brexit has kicked in,

they will need to ensure that their data protection regimes are, if not identical, at least

compatible. Our reporter in London, Jakub Kruper, has written a fine piece of analysis on this issue,

and he joins us now.

Jacob, firstly, remind me why it's so important for the future of the UK-EU trade relationship

to have data adequacy.

So basically what data adequacy is, is a determination made by the European Commission, whether

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