Data protection regulations are laws that companies are required to follow to safeguard consumer data. Typically, they apply to both local and foreign companies that process personal data online from a country different from that of the consumers.

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Compliance with regulations is crucial for companies to prevent fines and losses that could impact sales and growth.

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Art. 3 GDPR

Territorial scope

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1. This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data in the context of the activities of an establishment of a controller or a processor in the Union, regardless of whether the processing takes place in the Union or not.

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2. This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data of data subjects who are in the Union by a controller or processor not established in the Union, where the processing activities are related to:

(a) the offering of goods or services, irrespective of whether a payment of the data subject is required, to such data subjects in the Union; or

(b) the monitoring of their behaviour as far as their behaviour takes place within the Union.

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3. This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data by a controller not established in the Union, but in a place where Member State law applies by virtue of public international law.

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