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Joint statement on the data bridge between the UK government and The Dubai International Financial Centre Authority

This page sets out a joint statement between the United Kingdom and the Dubai International Financial Centre on deepening the UK-DIFC data partnership.

• From: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Published: 15 December 2022

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Joint statement on the data bridge between the UK and the Dubai International Financial Centre

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Minister of State for Media, Data, and Digital Infrastructure, Julia Lopez, Chief Executive Officer of DIFC Authority, Arif Amiri, and the DIFC Commissioner of Data Protection, Jacques Visser, jointly agreed the statement above, marking significant progress made towards building a UK-DIFC data bridge: a framework which will facilitate the free and secure flow of personal data following an assessment of the laws and practices that protect data to high standards.

Published 15 December 2022