The 2016 Forrester Data Privacy Heatmap Points To Continued EU Influence On Global Regulations

To help security and risk professionals navigate the complex landscape of privacy laws around the world, Forrester created a data privacy heat map that highlights the data protection guidelines and practices for 54 different countries. Earlier today, we published the 2016 version to the tool, as well as a free version with limited access. To keep pace with the constantly-evolving landscape of global data privacy laws, we have updated the map every year since it's initial publication in 2012.

As we roll out the 2016 update and reflect back on the 5 years of annual assessments published by our data privacy research team, three high-level trends emerge:

• Countries continue moving toward the EU standard for data protection. New legislation outside of the EU often follows the EU's lead by adopting provisions similar to those in the existing Directive 95/46/EC regulation. The slow global convergence toward the requirements outlined in the regulation continued through 2016. For example, Argentina and Japan strengthened pre-existing policies, while Nigeria passed its first comprehensive cybercrime legislation. Japan also established an independent regulatory body ("Privacy Protection Commission") that oversees privacy issues--a requirement of both the current Directive and the superseding European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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