Regulating Cross-Border Data Flows Av Bryan Mercurio, Ronald Yu

Data is now one of the world’s most valuable resources. The adoption of data-drivenapplications across economic sectors has made data and the flow of data so pervasive thatit has become integral to everything we as members of society do – from conducting ourfinances to operating businesses to powering the apps we use every day. For this reason,governing cross-border data flows is inherently difficult given the ubiquity and value of data,and the impact government policies can have on national competitiveness, businessattractiveness and personal rights. The challenge for governments is to address in acoherent manner the broad range of data-related issues in the context of a global data-driven economy. This book engages with the unexplored topic of why and how governmentsshould develop a coherent and consistent strategic framework regulating cross-border dataflows. The objective is to fill a very significant gap in the legal and policy setting by considering multiple perspectives in order to assist in the development of a jurisdiction’scoherent and strategic policy framework.