Startups going global should go GDPR: Lawyer

Privacy law is a “minefield”, according to Alexandra Wedutenko, a partner at law firm Clayton Utz.

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“Even within Australia, there are different state and Commonwealth laws, so you’ve got to look at a mixture,” she said.

Internationally, privacy laws covers the spectrum, from places with no privacy laws whatsoever to those with a high degree of personal privacy protection. The latter group includes the European Union, where the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25 May, and now California, which recently passed GDPR-like privacy laws.

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