Wang Xiaofeng, "Regional Public Goods and the Path of EU Data Protection,"

【Abstract】The solution to global public problems depends on the effective supply  of global public goods. When the global supply of data protection public  goods is insufficient, the regional path can provide an alternative  option. The experience of the EU data protection has demonstrated the  effectiveness of regional supply of public goods. It can promote the  smooth development of regional cooperation from the institutional level,  effectively respond to the externalities of regional public goods,  ensure the implementation of regional cooperation incentive mechanisms,  and better promote the spillover of the functional collaboration. It  also can respond more quickly at the regional level, and provide  stronger protection for cross-regional transactions.

【Keywords】EU, Personal Data Protection, Regional Public Goods, PRISM Project

【Author】 Wang Xiaofeng, Associate Professor at the Center for American Studies, Fudan University