Reflecting on the GDPR to celebrate Privacy Day 2024

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This post critically examines the application of GDPR, arguing that its focus on data localization as a proxy for privacy is detrimental to actual data protection and cybersecurity. It highlights how strict cross-border data transfer rules can hinder global threat intelligence and bot management. The post also challenges the broad interpretation of IP addresses as always constituting personal data, suggesting that this can lead to internet balkanization and that context (i.e., the ability to re-identify an individual) should be a key factor in this determination. It references legal cases like Schrems II and Breyer v. Bundesrepublik Deutschland, and the ongoing SRB v EDPS case, to support its arguments.