Is privacy a luxury for the rich world? Remarkably, there is a dearth of literature evaluating whether data privacy is too costly for companies to implement, or too expensive for governments to enforce. This paper is the first to offer a review of surveys of costs of compliance, and to summarize...

This chapter explores the attributes of compliance in the context of data breaches. First, it identifies the sort of corporate governance problem that data breaches create. Then, it approaches the empirical work related to data breaches and to the organization of compliance-based responses in...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is taking shape across the European Union with the aim of improving data protection compliance across Europe. This article will address the role of GDPR, in force since May 2018, in data protection as well as its ability to harmonize pre-existent...

This comprehensive guide for those with little or no legal knowledge provides detailed analysis of current data protection laws. It enables the reader to operationalise a truly risk-based approach to data protection and compliance, beyond just emphasis on regulatory frameworks and legalistic...

Chapter 1. Data Sovereignty -- Chapter 2. Digital Governance -- Chapter 3. Conflicts of Law -- Chapter 4. Technical Complexities -- Chapter 5. Comparative Legal Strategies -- Chapter 6. Emerging Topics in Data Sovereignty and Digital Governance.