On June 8, British Prime Minister Rishi Snack and US President Joe Biden announced the Atlantic Declaration: A Framework for US-UK Economic Partnerships for the 21st Century. This is the latest, highest level (no higher) and most decisive development in the development of a comprehensive US-UK partnership on data and artificial intelligence.
data
Sharing data across borders is routine for all organizations that do business or operate internationally. But doing so in compliance with privacy laws has become one of the most daunting and complex issues for organizations of all types and sizes.
Beginning with Snowden’s revelations a decade ago, and culminating in the latest culmination of record-breaking EU General Data Protection Regulation enforcement on Meta, regulatory instability and uncertainty related to transfers of personal data to the United States. Sex has existed for a long time. Given laws and practices that strengthen privacy protections in the context of national security and law enforcement, both the United Kingdom and the European Union endorse the standards of the United States and thereby provide regulatory arrangements (“data bridges” and “data bridges” respectively). sufficiency” decision) is ready to be finalized.Organizations with streamlined and cost-free routes for transferring data to the United States
A data bridge with the US has been a top priority for the UK government since the UK left the EU and was able to negotiate directly with the US on the successor to the Privacy Shield Framework. Both sides need work before finalizing the deal. pond. The UK government should seek an advisory opinion from the Information Commissioner’s Office and introduce legislation to the UK Parliament.
As the UK has similar privacy protections to the US from a national security perspective, the US has decided to allow the UK to be designated as an “eligible country” whose citizens can benefit from enhanced US privacy protections. A final decision needs to be made. Designating the UK as a ‘eligible country’ would be straightforward given the UK’s track record, the EU’s positive assessment of UK standards and the existence of common principles and cooperation between the UK and the US on such issues. It is understood that there are
The announcement follows an agreement with South Korea that was finalized last year and comes ahead of other ongoing UK negotiations with Australia, Colombia, Singapore and the Dubai International Free Zone. As bilateral negotiations between the United States and the United Kingdom near the end, it is increasingly clear that the two countries are doubling down on common aspirations and joint efforts to advance the development of a new multilateral data-sharing bloc in the form of the Global CBPR Forum. It’s becoming clear. , Canada, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and other countries will participate.
AI
The speed associated with AI technology development and integration also matches AI governance efforts around the world. Consultations, draft legislation, public-private sandboxes, codes of conduct and regulatory guidelines are popping up from Australia to Singapore to Canada and many places in between.
Organizations and professionals with a mission to safely implement AI are calling for clarity on the application of existing guardrails and the design of new guardrails. The race continues, and in the spirit of data bridges, many countries are working together to build consensus and share expertise on how to approach AI governance.
Atlantic Declaration includes White House endorsement of UK’s ‘comprehensive and balanced’ approach to AI risks and opportunities confirmed to be a country. This latest multilateral push follows work at the G7, OECD, UNESCO, ISO, African Union and the Council of Europe.
pet
Privacy-enhancing technologies are increasingly being hailed as a paradigm shift towards the well-characterized zero-sum tension between privacy and data use. PET helps extract more value from data while preserving or enhancing privacy rights and is seen as a key component of AI governance.
It is nothing new that the US and UK also support PET. The announcement of a new “collaboration” on PET in the Atlantic Declaration comes as the United States and the United Kingdom announce the first winners of his PET Award Challenge for the United Kingdom and the United States. The details of the new collaboration are not yet known, but it is very likely that it will be framed as a key to encouraging the development of PET.
Conclusion
The US-UK side of the EU-UK-US isosceles triangle is often criticized as the smaller and less important side. But this may be the shortest side in terms of policy disagreements about data, AI, and the governance role of both in society and the economy. The Atlantic Declaration not only describes a shared design between the two countries to open up the transatlantic triangle on both data transfer and AI governance to a more scalable and multi-faceted international approach, but also about cooperation between the UK and the US. I’m here.
