https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/29/chief_eu_negotiator_tells_ukgov_to_give_up_on_soupedup_data_adequacy_dream/

The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator has poured cold water on the UK's dreams of a special deal on data adequacy after it leaves the bloc.

Data adequacy is the status granted by the EU to countries outside the bloc which it considers to have "equivalent" protections to those granted under European law.