New map for International Right to Know Day. 132 UN countries now with FOI law+6 w/ regulation, covering 92% of world population. 2 new cos in last year: Senegal and Costa Rica.

#FOI #IDUAI #righttoknow

For those of you interested in using #transparency to promote oversight and accountability in online safety, @Ofcom has announced they are releasing their report on researcher access and transparency reporting guidance in July! Looking forward to see how they plan to synch with DSA.

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/cy/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/online-safety-additional-safety-measures

Happy Data Protection Day. A new map of the 166 countries and jurisdictions that have now adopted comprehensive data protection laws. Around 83% of the global population.

In 2024, 5 countries adopted comprehensive laws for the first time, as well as the Vatican and the Gelephu Mindfulness City!
#dataprotection

Happy Right to Know Day (or in UN speak,
#IDUAI). Here's an updated map of countries around the world with #FOI laws and bills.

Now, 130 countries (UN Member States) with laws and 7 with regulations covering 92% of world population. Only one new country in last year (Zambia). 27 cos with pending initiatives. 27 countries have pending initiatives for a new law including Malaysia and Iraq.

#RTKD

Here is the update of the global map of countries with data protection laws and bills for International Data Protection Day 2024.

160 countries and self-governing jurisdictions and territories around the world have now adopted comprehensive data protection/privacy laws or regulations to protect personal data held by private bodies. (8 new in 2023). Overall, around 82% of the global population lives in a jurisdiction with a data protection law or regulation.

A new bit of research on whistleblowing and a new map covering about 200 jurisdictions around the world.

Summary: Around 60 countries have comprehensive laws, 10 with comprehensive for one sector, 90 with thematic protections, 15 with limited framework protections, and 43 with bills (including have laws above). 49 have no known protections.

More details at: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/whistleblower-protection-laws-around-world-updated-map-david-banisar/

Happy International Data Protection Day. Here is the new updated map.

Over 150 countries and self-governing jurisdictions and territories around the world have now adopted comprehensive data protection laws to protect personal data held by private and public bodies.

Around 57% of the global population lives in a jurisdiction with data protection.

In 2022, six countries adopted laws for the first time: Indonesia, Cuba, Oman, Eswatini, Sri Lanka and Tanzania.

#dataprotection #privacy