Other Countries Talk Tough on Data Privacy, but Enforcement Is Weak
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With so many eyes trained on the National Security Administration’s PRISM program, it’s easy to forget that data collection and use, and privacy rules that govern it, exist across the globe — not just in the U.S. and Europe. In Latin America, India, Africa, Australia, Canada and elsewhere, the privacy rules tend to be more strict than here in the U.S. But, insiders point to one significant differentiator: enforcement is stronger in the U.S.
Following the footpaths of other Latin American countries including Mexico, Chile and Brazil are exploring new privacy rules, said Matthew DelNero, a partner at Covington and Burling, who spoke earlier this month at the Privacy Identity Innovation conference in Seattle.
“I sort of look at it as E.U. plus,” he said, suggesting that the laws being established throughout Latin America tend to be inspired by the European Union’s 1995 Data Protection Directive, which spells out requirements for handling personal data.
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