§ Lord Willoughby de Brokeasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Filkin on 5 January (WA 18), whether the transfer of personal data on United Kingdom citizens by the European Union Commission to the United States is compatible with the Data Protection Act 1998. [HL763]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs (Lord Filkin)Findings made by the European Commission under Article 25.6 of the Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) that there is an adequate level of data protection in third countries are binding on the United Kingdom. Transfers of personal data to such third countries that 149WA are made consistently with any conditions that may be set by the Commission's findings will be compliant with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 that regulate the transfer of personal data to third countries.