Tech and data: the benefits
- 50
Simpler data rules and fewer cookie pop-ups
The UK reformed its data law, including allowing some low-risk cookies without consent banners.
- 51
Free from the EU AI Act
The UK regulates artificial intelligence through existing regulators, with a pro-innovation approach.
- 52
UK-designed digital competition rules
The UK's regime targets problems case by case, rather than fixed rules for all large platforms.
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Bonus: Faster access to new technology
Apple held back Live Translation on AirPods, iPhone Mirroring and some Maps features from EU users because of the EU's Digital Markets Act. UK users got them at launch.
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The numbers match our full selection of 52 Brexit benefits. We only list changes that are in force or signed, with a date and a primary source. "Only possible outside the EU" means EU law or EU exclusive powers would have blocked it. "Made easier by leaving" means it was possible in principle but faster or simpler outside.
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