Extraterritorial Application
What is Extraterritorial Application?
The application of privacy laws beyond a country's borders to foreign organizations that process the personal data of that country's residents.
Terms that appear alongside extraterritorial application
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as extraterritorial application. The number is how many controls name both.
- data protection 13 shared controls
- gdpr 13 shared controls
- data subject 9 shared controls
- consent 8 shared controls
- compliance 5 shared controls
- lawful basis 5 shared controls
- data controller 4 shared controls
- sensitive personal data 4 shared controls
Frameworks that govern extraterritorial application
What the standards actually require on extraterritorial application
Requirements naming extraterritorial application across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 (DPDP Act) Act No. 22 of 2023 was passed by the Indian Parliament + received the assent of President Droupadi Murmu on 11 August 2023 + published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part II Section 1 on 12 August 202...
DPDP-Scope-1to3-Definitions-IndiaParliament-11August2023-Rules2025-MeitY-Puttaswamy-IT-Act-43A-Repeal · DPDP Act Scope + Sections 1-3 + Definitions + Indian Parliament 11 August 2023 + DPDP Rules 2025 + MeitY Governance + Justice K.S. Puttaswamy + Repeal of IT Act 43A + Extraterritorial Application →Indonesia Personal Data Protection Law (Undang-Undang No. 27 Tahun 2022 tentang Pelindungan Data Pribadi, UU PDP) signed into law by President Joko Widodo on 17 October 2022 + published in the State Gazette of Indonesia + becoming Indonesia first comprehensive...
IDPdp-Scope-UU27-2022-Joko-Widodo-17Oct2022-Effective-17Oct2024-MoCom-DPA-Extraterritorial · Indonesia PDP Law Scope + UU No. 27 of 2022 (UU PDP) + President Joko Widodo 17 October 2022 + 2-Year Transition + Effective 17 October 2024 + MoCom DPA + Extraterritorial Application + 76 Articles + 16 Chapters →The Jamaica Data Protection Act 2020 (Act No. 7 of 2020) is Jamaica's first comprehensive data protection legislation passed by the Jamaican Parliament 16 June 2020 + assented to by the Governor-General 30 June 2020 + published in the Gazette 1 July 2020.
JM-DPA2020-Scope-Application-Sec1-3-31Dec2021-PartialEffective-1Dec2023-MandatoryCompliance-Territorial-Extraterritorial · Jamaica Data Protection Act 2020 - Scope + Application + Sections 1-3 + Commencement 1 December 2021 Partial + 1 December 2023 Mandatory Compliance + Territorial + Extraterritorial Application + Definitions →The Act covers processing that happens wholly or partly in Sri Lanka, and processing by a controller or processor that is domiciled or ordinarily resident in Sri Lanka, is incorporated or established under Sri Lankan law, offers goods or services to (including...
sri-lanka-personal-data-protection-act-no-9-of-2022::s2 · Section 2: Territorial and extraterritorial application →Georgia DPL Scope + applicability + 2023 GDPR-aligned amendments. SCOPE: applies to natural-person personal data processing in Georgia + (post-2023 amendments) EXTRATERRITORIAL APPLICATION to processing related to offering of goods or services to data subjects...
GeDPL-Scope-Defs-2023Amendments · Scope, Applicability, Definitions and 2023 GDPR-Alignment Amendments →Directions 14-17 establish the cooperation regime + enforcement framework. Direction 14: When required by CERT-In + service providers + intermediaries + data centres + body corporates + government organisations shall provide information sought + take such acti...
CERTIN-Compliance-Cooperation-CERTInOrders-Penalties-Applicability-Dir14to17-Section44-IT-Act · CERT-In Directions 14-17 Compliance and Cooperation - Mandatory Cooperation with CERT-In + Information Requests + Action Directives + Applicability + Penalties for Non-Compliance + Sec 44 + Sec 70B(7) IT Act →Questions people ask about extraterritorial application
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