This book provides a snapshot of privacy laws and practices from a
varied set of jurisdictions in order to offer guidance on national and
international contemporary issues regarding the processing of personal
data and serves as an up-to-date resource on the applications and
practice-relevant examples of data protection laws in different
countries.
Privacy violations emerging at an ever-increasing rate, due to evolving
technology and new lifestyles linked to an intensified online presence
of ever more individuals, required the design of a novel data protection
and privacy regulation. The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
stands as an example of a regulatory response to these demands.
The authors included in 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 GDPR. Valuable comparative information on data
protection regulations around the world is thus provided in one concise
volume.
Due to the variety of jurisdictions covered and the practical examples
focused on, both academics and legal practitioners will find this book
especially useful, while for compliance practitioners it can serve as a
guide regarding transnational data transfers.
Elif Kiesow Cortez is Senior Lecturer at the International and
European Law Program at The Hague University of Applied Sciences in The
Netherlands.
