Information privacy law

Main articles: information privacy and privacy law

Information privacy, data privacy or data protection laws provide a legal framework on how to obtain, use and store data of natural persons. The various laws around the world describe the rights of natural persons to control who is using its data. This includes usually the right to get details on which data is stored, for what purpose and to request the deletion in case the purpose is not given anymore.

Over 80 countries and independent territories, including nearly every country in Europe and many in Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, and Africa, have now adopted comprehensive data protection laws.[1] The European Union has the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR),[2] in force since May 25, 2018. The United States is notable for not having adopted a comprehensive information privacy law, but rather having adopted limited sectoral laws in some areas like the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).[3]

  1. ^ Greenleaf, Graham (6 February 2012). "Global Data Privacy Laws: 89 Countries, and Accelerating". SSRN 2000034.
  2. ^ Adopting a Virtual Data Protection Officer Archived 2019-02-23 at the Wayback Machine Published by Dativa, June 7, 2018, retrieved June 11, 2018
  3. ^ "California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)". State of California - Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General. 2018-10-15. Retrieved 2020-07-02.