DOI: https://doi.org/10.59321/BAUETJ.V4I1.23
AUTHOR(S)
Ahmed Adib1, Mehrab Hasan2
ABSTRACT
Undergoing the blessings of globalization, the seemingly less developed countries are also coping with digital cultures and industries. As economic and social events, at a large scale, are moving online; the importance of data and privacy protection is being recognized accordingly. Unfortunately, the current law and structure for data protection are incompetent and vividly fragmented with global, regional, and national approaches. In these circumstances, this qualitative research, considering the international laws and standards, especially the ‘General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter “GDPR”)’, has attempted to review the present laws and to analyze probable roadmaps for making efficient data protection strategies for the ‘South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)’ (hereinafter “SAARC”) countries. The findings and outcomes of the study, pondering over the absence of effective laws and lacunas or loopholes in the existing regulations to shield the privacy of the citizens in the era of fourth industrial revolution (4IR), aim at paving the way for improving the much-needed framework to enact and implement data protection enactments in the SAARC region.