5 Countries with GDPR-like Data Privacy Laws

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1. Canada

Average Score: 10

Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act 2018, which regulates data privacy in Canada at a federal level, is perhaps one of the closest legislations when compared to the EU GDPR. Keeping data privacy standards consistent the GDPR, PIPEDA’s data subjects also have access to request rights for sensitive personal information. Albeit in different ways, both legal regimes mandate privacy officers, legal bases for data processors, and data breaches to be promptly reported. Furthermore, PIPEDA also has extraterritorial applications, according to the Federal Court of Canada.

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