Any company that deals with data will have to comply with the GDPR, whether or not they are based in the European Union or not. In October 2016, secretary of state for Culture, Media and Sport Karen Bradley highlighted that ‘we will be members of the EU in 2018 and therefore it would be expected and quite normal for us to opt into the GDPR and then look later at how best we might be able to help British business with data protection while maintaining high levels of protection for members of the public.’
https://www.forbes.com/sites/madhvimavadiya/2017/12/29/gdpr-uk-regulation/#6b501716165a/
