“On 12 November 2019, the European Data Protection Board (‘EDPB’) issued its guidelines on the territorial scope of the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’). In view of the debate about the obligation for undertakings not having their main establishments in the Union to comply with EU data protection standards, the effort to promote a consistent application of Article 3 of the GDPR is commendable. However, the reasoning is at times far from convincing and important questions are left unanswered. In particular, it is problematic that the concepts defining the spatial applicability of the Regulation are analysed in a legal vacuum, abstracted from the broader context of constitutional EU law …”
Claes G Granmar, Global applicability of the GDPR in context, International Data Privacy Law, https://doi.org/10.1093/idpl/ipab012. Published: 2 June 2021.
First posted 2021-06-07 13:00:48
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