The Data Privacy Landscape During COVID-19: An Exploration of Some of the Major Data Privacy Regulations and Trends
Gitanjali Deb · Digital Commons-DePaul (DePaul University) · 2021
In light of the current global pandemic, data privacy regulations are more important than ever before.Historically with the rise of the internet, the dawning of an electronic communications era took hold around the world.Starting in the 1990s, advancements in internetbased communications technology have expanded from rudimentary email, simple message boards, and chat rooms to include everything from the World Wide Web, biometric records, GIS technologies, social media platforms, cryptocurrencies, the internet of things, and much more. 1 All of these technologies have the capacity to collect, analyze, store, and use data in cyberspace. 2 With many countries around the world on lockdowns due to COVID-19, everyone has become more reliant on these technologies.How we collect, store, use, and protect this data has and will continue to have a dramatic effect on issues from personal * Gitanjali "Mishty" Deb graduated from the University of Texas law school in 2005.She is the co-founding partner of LaSusa & Deb, PLLC, which is a general practice law firm.Mishty has worked extensively in the governmental, nonprofit, and private sectors throughout her legal career.Her primary focus is to provide practical counsel and has handled numerous cases for businesses of all sizes as well as for non-profits, entrepreneurs, and individuals.1 Gil Press, A Very Short History of the Internet and the Web, FORBES.COM (Jan.2, 2015),