British hopes of maintaining a post-Brexit flow of data with the EU, judged vital for security and the economy, have been thrown into doubt after a behind-the-scenes intervention from the Netherlands over Britain’s record in protecting personal information.
As the UK prepares to leave the EU at 11pm on Friday, it can be revealed that the UK’s closest ally in the bloc raised concerns over the robustness of British checks and controls after a series of scandals, including abuse of an EU system for monitoring the movement of people at borders.
According to a minute of a board meeting of the UK’s Acro criminal records office – deleted from publicly available archives after the Guardian posed questions to the Home Office – the Netherlands made its issues with the UK known last year.
The UK had been seeking to share criminal convictions data outside EU structures in the event of a no-deal exit but both the Netherlands and France declined to be involved.
“France are currently not engaging for political reasons, and Holland will not engage due to concerns around the UK’s data adequacy status,” the minute records.
The doubts held by the Dutch over the UK’s record offers compelling evidence that the current flow of data with the rest of the EU could be in peril. [...]
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