GDPR now covers 17.7% of global data transaction, down 4 points since 2010

GDPR, the law protecting personal data within the European Economic Area (EEA), now covers 18% of global data transactions, down from 22% in 2010.

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Europe's 7% of the global population boasts 17,7% of its data exchange, but because data growth inside Europe was half that of the rest of the world, 1.56% versus 2.97%, its legal effect on the traffic of the Internet over the last ten years has waned. Foreign legislation is going to have to pick up the slack.