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Domesticating Comity: Territorial U.S. Discovery In Violation Of Foreign Privacy Laws, Corby F. Burger Jan 2020

Domesticating Comity: Territorial U.S. Discovery In Violation Of Foreign Privacy Laws, Corby F. Burger

Cornell Law Review

The European Union's (EU) recently enacted General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is being billed as "the most important change in data privacy regulation in 20 years." The GDPR sets forth a stringent set of binding regulations that govern how data controllers and processors manage the private electronic data of EU citizens. In an audacious effort to ensure comprehensive privacy protection for EU citizens in a globally connected digital landscape, EU regulators have made the GDPR apply extraterritorially. The regulation extends beyond the borders of the European Union, reaching any entity that stores or processes the personal data of EU citizens …