This book looks at transatlantic jurisdictional conflicts in data protection law and how the fundamental right to data protection conditions the EU's exercise of extraterritorial jurisdiction. Governments, companies and individuals are handling ever more digitised personal data, so it is increasingly important to ensure this data is protected. Meanwhile, the Internet is changing how territory and jurisdiction are realised online. The EU promotes personal data protection as a fundamental right. Especially since the EU's General Data Protection Regulation started applying in 2018, its data protection laws have had strong effects beyond its territory. In contrast, similar US information privacy laws are rooted in the marketplace and carry less normative heft. This has provoked clashes with the EU when their values, interests and laws conflict. This research uses three case studies to suggest ways to mitigate transatlantic jurisdictional tensions over data protection and security, the free flow of information and trade.
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'By addressing and recognizing how different data protection and privacy laws are on different sides of the world, Mistale Taylor's new book may stand the test of time and remain as useful and interesting as she hopes.' Héctor Guzmán-Rodríguez, Global Privacy Law Review
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Examines extraterritoriality and transatlantic jurisdictional conflicts in data protection law, focusing on fundamental rights.
1. Introduction;
2. Conceptual approaches to data protection in the
European Union and the United States;
3. The European Union's Obligations to
safeguard the fundamental right to data protection extraterritorially;
4.
Limits that public international law poses on the European Union safeguarding
the fundamental right to data protection extraterritorially;
5. Ways to
mitigate problematic jurisdictional overreach;
6. The reach of European Union
data protection law in transatlantic data transfers for counter-terrorism
purposes;
7. Data protection and the free flow of information;
8. Enabling
transatlantic trade and protecting privacy through cross-border data transfer
agreements;
9. The normative external effects of the European Union's
exercise of extraterritorial jurisdiction in data protection law;
10.
Conclusion: enduring territorialism and fundamental rights.
Mistale Taylor is Counsel at the Public International Law and Policy Group. Her background lies in public international law and data privacy law. She has published and presented on many subjects, including international law, human rights, ethics, privacy and data protection as they relate to emerging technologies.
