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Regional activity

Policy
changes
between
01 Jan 2020
and
22 Nov 2024
Most active jurisdictions Number of policy changes

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Most frequent policy instruments Number of policy changes

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Data protection regulation

1763

Cybersecurity regulation

792

Cross-border data transfer regulation

358

Data protection authority governance

147

Data localisation requirement

61

Data governance, nes

17

Other operating condition, nes

4

Business registration requirement

2

Age verification requirement

1

Content moderation authority governance

1

Worker monitoring regulation

1

Local operations requirement

1

Policy instrument dynamics over time

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Total changes 493 0
Data protectionregulationCybersecurityregulationCross-border datatransfer regulationData protectionauthority governanceData localisationrequirement
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2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
31 6 4 1 2 27 5 10 3 4 34 13 11 4 3 43 17 10 3 7 86 18 14 3 7 118 40 22 11 9 97 44 19 11 7 104 46 26 15 8 137 66 18 6 4 94 60 36 7 5 113 71 31 8 14 145 82 35 12 4 291 128 46 24 4 247 77 48 20 3 174 62 44 12 4 174 91 36 16 5 238 103 37 18 0 203 93 35 23 3 159 83 48 15 2 86 58 19 14 2
0 0 1 0 1 2 3 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 3 2 1 2 0 0
0 291

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