1. Data Protection Around the World: An Introduction

This book serves as an up-to-date resource on the applications and practice-relevant examples of data protection laws in different countries. The snapshot of privacy laws and practices from a varied set of jurisdictions it provides reflects national and international contemporary issues regarding the processing of personal data. The ever-increasing emergence of privacy violations, due to evolving technology and new lifestyles linked to an intensified online presence of ever more individuals, has required the design of a novel data protection and privacy regulation. The contributors to this book offer an in-depth analysis of the national data protection legislation of various countries across different continents, not only including country-specific details but also comparing the idiosyncratic characteristics of these national privacy laws to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Valuable comparative information on data protection regulations around the world is provided in one concise volume.