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31 DePaul J. Art Tech. & Intell. Prop. L 1 (2021)

handle is hein.journals/dael31 and id is 1 raw text is: THE DATA PRIVACY LANDSCAPE DURING COVID-19: AN
EXPLORATION OF SOME OF THE MAJOR DATA PRIVACY
REGULATIONS AND TRENDS
Gitanjali Deb*
In light of the current global pandemic, data privacy regulations are
more important than ever before. Historically with the rise of the
internet, the dawning of an electronic communications era took hold
around the world. Starting in the 1990s, advancements in internet-
based   communications     technology    have    expanded    from
rudimentary email, simple message boards, and chat rooms to
include everything from the World Wide Web, biometric records,
GIS technologies, social media platforms, cryptocurrencies, the
internet of things, and much more.1 All of these technologies have
the capacity to collect, analyze, store, and use data in cyberspace.2
With many countries around the world on lockdowns due to
COVID-19, everyone       has become     more   reliant on    these
technologies. How we collect, store, use, and protect this data has
and will continue to have a dramatic effect on issues from personal
* Gitanjali Mishty Deb graduated from the University of Texas law school in
2005. She is the co-founding partner of LaSusa & Deb, PLLC, which is a
general practice law firm. Mishty has worked extensively in the governmental,
nonprofit, and private sectors throughout her legal career. Her primary focus is
to provide practical counsel and has handled numerous cases for businesses of
all sizes as well as for non-profits, entrepreneurs, and individuals.
1 Gil Press, A Very Short History of the Internet and the Web, FORBES.COM (Jan.
2, 2015), https://www.forbes.com/sites/gilpress/2015/01/02/a-very-short-
history-of-the-internet-and-the-web-2/?sh=108780c7a4e2; Evan Andres, Who
invented the Internet?, HISOTRY.COM (Updated Oct. 28, 2019, Original Dec. 18,
2013), https://www.history.con/news/who-invented-the-internet; Michael
Aaron Dennis, Internet: Computer Network, BRITANNICA.COM (last updated
Feb. 26, 2020), hops://wwwbritannicaconltechnology/Internet.
2 Ernesto Rubio, Big Data: Where is our Data Stored: Law and Cyber Security,
SANTANDERGLOBALTECH.COM, (Nov. 19, 2019),
https://santanderglobaltech.corn/en/where-is-our-data-stored-law-and-cyber-
security/; Patrick McFadin, Internet of things: Where does the Data Go?,
WIRED.COM (Mar. 2015), https://www.wired.com/insights/2015/03/internet-
things-data-go/.

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