Glocal Regulatory Business Compliance on Data Protection Law: Comparative Analysis / Note on Global and Indian Law

Data protection and privacy rights being the buzzword of this decade, has been of main concern of both international community, states, private actors, and individual subjects. The main objective of this study is to understand and comparatively analyse the data regulatory framework existing at the global and local levels in various countries. As with any regulatory policy, the data protection laws across the globe are evolving to accommodate the changing economic and technological scenario after its initial inception a few decades back. However, evolution and adoption have not been harmonized and uniform across different nations. In this context, the paper focuses on reviewing the data regulatory framework existing globally and analyses the current position of different countries in comparison with each other and existing global standards to understand the ease of doing business in this interconnected world. The main objectives also entail highlighting the data protection policies currently being implemented in India and comparing its position with the state-of-the-art regulatory practices (under GDPR) in the EU and other countries with significant global economic standings, and possibly suggest some regulatory refinements. For the study, we are focusing mainly on the existing safeguards and protection policies in place for personal information protection and how these frameworks have impacted the ease of business conduct