2021 Data Privacy Laws: Global Overview report

In our increasingly interconnected, digital world, data – especially personal data of consumers – is worth gold. Illegal use of personal data or personally identifiable information (PII) has become a growing problem. Governments around the world are implementing strict regulations to control and protect private data, with the EU GDPR broadly seen as the benchmark. As of January 2021, around 130 countries had data-privacy laws in place, representing two-thirds of the world’s jurisdictions. While this is a positive step, this proliferation of data-privacy rules makes developing a global approach (for companies and consumers alike) a challenge.

This report gives a general overview of the current situation of data protection laws across the world. It is not meant as an exhaustive list of existing or future laws and regulations.
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