Archive: european union

• Privacy Regulations: EU’s GDPR vs China’s PIPL

  November 21, 2021

  Many countries have followed the example of the EU and adopted privacy legislations similar to GDPR, which some observers call another “Brussels effect.” In August 2021, the National People’s Congress of China adopted the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), which entered into force November 1, 2021. Essentially, PIPL is quite similar to the GDPR and became another big step towards the government regulation of data handling practices in global cyberspace. This post outlines some of the main similarities and differences between the EU’s GDPR and China’s PIPL.

  Categories: 2021, The Gnovis Blog Tags: China, digital policy, european union, gdpr, pipl, privacy, regulations

• Preventing the Rebuilding of Babel: The Challenge of Minority Language Preservation in the European Union

  By ErinColeman September 23, 2012

  Due to its widely publicized financial crises of late, it’s easy to forget the utterly revolutionary nature of the European Union.  Before the economic collapse of Portugal, Ireland, and Greece, the

  Categories: 2012, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog Tags: cultural homogenization, cultural identity, EU, eurobarometer, Europe, European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, european union, eurozone, Jean Monnet, linguistic diversity, minority language preservation, pan-European identity, regionalism