The future of cross-border data regulation

05/11/2024 | IAPP

In an article for the IAPP, Brian Hengesbaugh, a partner at Baker McKenzie, and Elizabeth Denham, chair of the Jersey Data Protection Authority and a consultant for Baker McKenzie, examined the evolving landscape of cross-border data regulation. They highlighted that current regulations are expanding in scope, encompassing a broader array of data categories and their intended public policy objectives. These include critical issues like national security, artificial intelligence, and anti-discrimination efforts. Hengesbaugh and Denham project that as these regulations continue to develop, they will present increasing complexities and challenges for stakeholders involved in international data transfers.

In related news, the European Commission published the transcript of a keynote speech at the Global Privacy Assembly in which the European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders discussed how the data free flow with trust initiative has grown into an increasing reality.

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