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In general, the proverbial \u201cman in the street\u201d outside of the European Union, would not think of privacy and its effect in their daily lives and day to day legal, social, medical, financial and business transactions. Hence, this topic will, unsurprisingly, be an important eye-opener to readers in third countries.<\/p>\n
The reasoning thus is that regulations exist which posit that the handing, processing and use of the data of natural persons is to be guaranteed protection.<\/p>\n
This guaranteed protection is of importance and therefore has wide implications for the processor \/ processee, the handler, user and the owner of personal data.<\/p>\n
Indeed, the laws and regulations of the European Union provide several mechanisms which are significantly weaponized in the event of, among other things, breach, misuse, abuse, and or failure to properly protect personal data and these weapons vary in consequences based on a diverse range of factors to include, but not limited to, where, when, how the personal data was shared, etc.<\/p>\n
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In conclusion, the European Union saw it fit to intervene in introducing and updating the privacy laws and regulations because the way we transact sees continuous change thus increasing exposure of personal data. The updated privacy laws and regulations which provide very strict guidelines serve two important purposes, which are that individuals are ensured that they have more control over their personal data and that businesses in Dominica, the EU (including the French islands of Martinique, Guadeloupe, etc.), Europe, US, Barbados, etc. handle the personal data responsibly.<\/p>\n
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Marcia B. Moulon, Esq., LLB (Hons), LLM (IP), LEC, EFB<\/strong><\/p>\n Attorney and Counselor at Law (NY, US)\u00a0and Avocat\u00a0(France, EU & Europe, Attorney at Law (Dominica, OECS & CARICOM), Attorney at Law (Barbados, admitted)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In general, the proverbial \u201cman in the street\u201d outside of the European Union, would not think of privacy and its effect in their daily lives and day to day legal, social, medical, financial and business transactions. Hence, this…","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":341989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,77,235,76,9,14,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-350006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-court-law","category-homepage","category-homepage-carousel","category-international-relations","category-news","category-regional","category-technology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n