Conclusion

Access Now wholeheartedly supports the development of local, regional, and international frameworks for the protection of personal data. These frameworks must be user-centric and focus on safeguarding and strengthening rights, while delivering clear and predictable rules for public and private entities to comply with. Last, but not least, we cannot highlight enough the importance of comprehensive and robust enforcement mechanisms overseen by an independent authority to ensure that the proposed protections are fully functional.

Protecting data protection globally has been a long-time area of focus for Access Now, and it continues to be one of our highest priorities. Among other issues, our team is actively engaged in the implementation of the GDPR, the reform of the data protection legislation in Argentina, and negotiations in India and Tunisia for developing a first data protection law.

CREATING A DATA PROTECTION FRAMEWORK: A DO’S AND DON’TS GUIDE FOR LAWMAKERS

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