Data Protection and Compliance, 2nd Edition

9 DATA PROTECTION BEYOND THE GDPR LAND MASS

James Drury-Smith and Simon Davis

This chapter provides an overview of key international data protection laws that have been adopted outside the GDPR land mass. It also explains how the GDPR has influenced global legislative reform and identifies some of the challenges faced by organisations operating on a global stage and the coping mechanisms that they might adopt.

MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL FRAMEWORKS PROTECTING RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS INCLUDING DATA PROTECTION

There are approximately 195 sovereign states in the world, although the exact number is disputed and varies from time to time. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development reported that as of April 2020, 128 of those states had put in ...