In this book, the protection of personal data is compared for eight EU
member states, namely France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland,
Romania, Italy, Sweden andthe Netherlands. The comparison of the
countries is focused on government policiesfor the protection of
personal data, the applicable laws and regulations, implementationof
those laws and regulations, and supervision and enforcement.
Although the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) harmonizes the
protectionof personal data across the EU as of May 2018, its open norms
in combination withcultural differences between countries result in
differences in the practical implementation, interpretation and
enforcement of personal data protection.
With its focus on data protection law in practice, this book provides
indepth insightsinto how different countries deal with data protection
issues. The knowledge and bestpractices from these countries provide
highly relevant material for legal professionals, data protection
officers, policymakers, data protection authorities and academicsacross
Europe.
Bart Custers is Associate Professor and Director of Research at the
Center for Law andDigital Technologies of the Leiden Law School at
Leiden University, the Netherlands.Alan M. Sears, Francien
Dechesne, Ilina Georgieva and Tommaso Tani are all affiliated
tothat same organization, of which Professor Simone van der Hof is
the General Director.
