UK tech company to relocate to EU if government lowers data protection

14/10/2021 | TechCrunch

UK based technology startup, Cronofy has criticised the government's plans to reform our national data protection laws, claiming it will set us apart from the rest of the world and reduce its marketability and competitiveness in Europe and the US. Accordingly, the company is "making preparations to prevent a domestic deregulatory bomb cratering its business — saying it will be opening a new company in the Netherlands and offering customers the ability to contract with Cronofy BV under Dutch law."

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