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> At the very least it would have been nice if, in addition to graphs for the entire EU, there were graphs for the UK alone, and also for the EU without the UK.

> At the very least it would have been nice if, in addition to graphs for the entire EU, there were graphs for the UK alone, and also for the EU without the UK. That would seem to require that the Crunchbase dataset referenced in the paper (but not discussed in terms of its content or format) was broken down in terms of specific businesses and their host country. The actual effects of the UK's exit are not yet known (the post-Brexit UK might even grandfather in some EU law like GDPR), and the article [0] mentioned in the other HN story (your ref 1) is not definitive, e.g. for Pfizer it says: "Pfizer’s preparations are well advanced to make the changes necessary to meet EU legal requirements after the U.K. is no longer a member state, especially in the regulatory, manufacturing and supply chain areas". To me this isn't a basis for inferring what Pfizer will do with respect to GDPR [0] https://twitter.com/uk_domain_names/status/1061554026284834817 https://twitter.com/uk_domain_names/status/10615540262848348...

newaccoutnas 8y ago
From all the material I've seen, the UK is keeping GDPR post-Brexit
mrec 8y ago
> The actual effects of the UK's exit are not yet known (the post-Brexit UK might even grandfather in some EU law like GDPR) By default all existing EU law is grandfathered in, as a new legal category of "retained EU law". Changing or dropping individual laws would be considered on a case-by-case basis. The main legal significance of Brexit is that EU institutions will no longer be able to impose new legislation on the UK. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_(Withdrawal)_Act_2018 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_(Withdrawal)_Ac...
Thiez 8y ago
I'm not really worried about the effects of Brexit on the GDPR, as someone else has said, it's likely that the UK will keep it, or something similar. But it's not yet clear what the other consequences of Brexit are going to be (deal / no deal, borders with Ireland, etc.), and the deadline is getting closer and closer. I wouldn't be surprised if investment has decreased because investors are waiting until after Brexit to see the effects. It's even possible that the decrease in investment can be explained entirely by the ever-nearing Brexit deadline. Again, this isn't to say that I don't think the GDPR could possible result in lower investment, it's just since Brexit is happening in slow-motion at the same time, and I don't think the authors have tried to measure how much that contributes to their results.
Angostura 8y ago
> The actual effects of the UK's exit are not yet known However the effects ahead of Brexit are already occurring.

newaccoutnas 8y ago

From all the material I've seen, the UK is keeping GDPR post-Brexit

mrec 8y ago

> The actual effects of the UK's exit are not yet known (the post-Brexit UK might even grandfather in some EU law like GDPR) By default all existing EU law is grandfathered in, as a new legal category of "retained EU law". Changing or dropping individual laws would be considered on a case-by-case basis. The main legal significance of Brexit is that EU institutions will no longer be able to impose new legislation on the UK. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_(Withdrawal)_Act_2018 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_(Withdrawal)_Ac...

Thiez 8y ago

I'm not really worried about the effects of Brexit on the GDPR, as someone else has said, it's likely that the UK will keep it, or something similar. But it's not yet clear what the other consequences of Brexit are going to be (deal / no deal, borders with Ireland, etc.), and the deadline is getting closer and closer. I wouldn't be surprised if investment has decreased because investors are waiting until after Brexit to see the effects. It's even possible that the decrease in investment can be explained entirely by the ever-nearing Brexit deadline. Again, this isn't to say that I don't think the GDPR could possible result in lower investment, it's just since Brexit is happening in slow-motion at the same time, and I don't think the authors have tried to measure how much that contributes to their results.

Angostura 8y ago

> The actual effects of the UK's exit are not yet known However the effects ahead of Brexit are already occurring.