In recent years, the number of African countries which have enacted privacy frameworks or are planning data protection laws has vastly increased.

On April 15, 2026, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen issued a statement (the Statement)...

China’s Personal Information Protection Law Proposal was submitted to the State Council in 2008, which was followed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s non-binding Internet Information Services Market Order Provisions of 2011.