Full Description
This book offers a comparative legal analysis of data protection frameworks in three of Asia's most influential jurisdictions: China, Japan, and South Korea. As data privacy becomes a universal legal concern, regional approaches remain deeply shaped by divergent legal traditions, economic strategies, and governance philosophies. This volume examines how each country balances the competing interests of individual privacy, economic innovation, and public security in crafting and enforcing data protection laws.
Focusing on four major themes—(1) General Frameworks, (2) Biometric Data, (3) Artificial Intelligence, and (4) Cross-Border Data Transfers—the book explores how these countries address some of the most pressing and complex challenges in contemporary data protection law. Each chapter is written by legal scholars or practitioners with deep regional knowledge and comparative perspectives, offering both doctrinal analysis and practical insights drawn from real-world regulatory and litigation contexts.
Chapter 5 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Contents
Introduction.- Part I: Data Protection Laws in East Asia.- The Legal System Governing Data Protection in China.- Overview of Data Protection Laws in Japan.- The Korean Personal Information Protection Act: An Overview.- Part II: Biometric Data Protection Law.- The Evolution and Mechanism of China Personal Biometric Data Legal Protection System.- Neuroprivacy: Mind, Body, and Integrity.- Legal Constraints on the Use of Bio Data for Research Purposes and the Introduction of a Dynamic Consent Model as a Solution.- Part III: Data Protection Law and Artificial Intelligence.- China Approach to Data Protection Practices in Context of Artificial Intelligence.- Data Protection within the AI Context in Korea.- Part IV: Data Transfer Regulations.- Compliance Mechanisms of China's Cross Border Data Transfer Regime.- The Transfer of Personal Data between EU and Japan: Protection of Taxpayer Rights Concerns.- Cross Border Transfers of Personal Data under the South Korean Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA).
