Enhancing Privacy Protection in The Digital Age: Legal Challenges and Innovations

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10.2991/978-2-38476-426-6_18How to use a DOI?

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General Data Protection legislation; Artificial Intelligence; California Consumer Privacy Act; Digital Data; Digital Privacy

Abstract

Digitalization and polymorphism in all fields make privacy and identity protection crucial. This paper discusses legal issues and possibilities related to digital privacy. Due to social media, IoT, and AI, data creation and collection increase, making simple privacy models insufficient. International data protection regimes face legal challenges such lack of synchronization between member nations, ineffective implementation mechanisms, and technology outpacing legislative frameworks. The General Data Protection legislation (GDPR) and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) provide a comprehensive foundation for privacy legislation; however regional legal variations hamper global harmonization and data exchange. Consequently, technological and legal solutions for privacy protection advance in parallel with the development of society becoming more sophisticated every day. They are playing their part by introducing privacy by design and default into the system designs to lessen the problems related to privacy. The blockchain manages the data storage and rules around consent, while the use of encryption and anonymization gives security to client data. Regulatory sandboxes help innovative privacy solutions to be tested in a controlled environment without violating any rules. Further reforms are required for cross-border data transfer and alignment with international legal systems to suit global privacy needs. This abstract identifies regulatory demands and innovative technical initiatives, often intertwined, are essential to addressing privacy challenges. Digital privacy is complicated, and it will take government, industry, and society to solve it. This makes a robust privacy protection system consistent with states’ constitutional values and rights ripe for legal innovation. 21st-century privacy protection will evolve through the complex and ongoing interplay between legal obligations and technologies.

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AU  - Pragya Pandey
AU  - Ankita Sharma
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/06/06
TI  - Enhancing Privacy Protection in The Digital Age: Legal Challenges and Innovations
BT  - Proceedings of the National Seminar on Enhancing Privacy Protection in the Digital Age: Legal Challenges & Innovations (NSEPPDA 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 354
EP  - 375
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-426-6_18
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-426-6_18
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