Abstract
The increased dependency on technology brings national security to the forefront of concerns of the 21st century. It creates many challenges to developing and developed nations in their effort to counter cyber threats and adds to the inherent risk factors associated with technology. The failure to securely protect data would potentially give rise to far-reaching catastrophic consequences. Therefore, it is crucially important to have national, regional, and global data protection policies and regulations to penalise those engaged in unethical use of technology and abuse the system vulnerabilities of technology. This research paper aims to analyse GDPR inspired Bills in the South Asian Region and to identify their appropriateness for developing a global level data protection mechanism, given that Asian nations are far more diverse than those of the European nations. Against that background, the objectives of this paper are to identify GDPR inspired Bills in the South Asian Region, identify the similarities and disparities, and the barriers to developing a regional level data protection mechanism, thereby fulfilling the need for developing a global level mechanism. This research is qualitative in nature, and with that in mind, the researcher conducted an extensive literature survey of previous research papers, journal articles, previous survey reports and government publications on the above content. Taking account of the findings of the survey, the researcher critically analysed the important parameters identified in the literature review. The key findings of this research indicate that many countries in the South Asian region are in the process of reviewing their current data protection mechanisms, in line with GDPR. In concluding, the researcher emphasised the need to develop adequate data protection mechanisms and believed that going forward it would be the appropriate and practical way to develop a consensus-based regional mechanism that would ultimately enable to develop a lasting global level data protection mechanism.
Highlights
The nations of the world have become an integrated community; just so, the people are having to adapt to rapidly evolving changes in lifestyles, the dependency on progressive advancement of technology is one of them
This research paper aims to analyse the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) inspired Bills in the South Asian Region and identify the course of action they would take towards the development of a global level data protection mechanism
The researcher decided to use the qualitative data collection method to get an in-depth understanding of the available data protection mechanisms and the challenges and the barriers faced by the countries in the South Asian region
Summary
The nations of the world have become an integrated community; just so, the people are having to adapt to rapidly evolving changes in lifestyles, the dependency on progressive advancement of technology is one of them. The introduction of IT systems and advanced computer technology. Feature prominently amongst many sectors, commercial, governance, shopping, travel, banking, and many more, and the extensive use of IT systems is rapidly becoming a way of life for many. The generation of vast amount of data is a by-product of advanced technology, and this phenomenon continues to grow at an unprecedented rate. The processing of data in this way continues to challenge the legal framework in every jurisdiction. The increasing dependency on technology brings national security to the forefront of concerns of the 21st century and the developing
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