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A No-Deal Brexit Would Throw Billions of Data Transfers Into Legal Limbo

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By Tom Pfeiffer and Thomas Seal

October 10, 2019 at 4:00 AM UTC

Updated on

October 10, 2019 at 3:14 PM UTC

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If Britain hasn’t secured a deal to leave the European Union as the clock ticks past 11 p.m. on Oct. 31, billions of data transfers could be thrown into legal limbo.