Reconciling the (extra)territorial reach of the GDPR with public international law

With the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR),the EU legislature has revised the territorial scope of EU data protection law. In part, the GDPR confirms choices made by policymakers and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the context of Directive 95/46/EC. In other respects, important new elements have been introduced. The aim of this contribution is to scrutinize the triggers that render EU data protection law applicable to conduct which takes place, either in whole or in part, outside of Union territory The main question this contribution seeks to answer is whether the (extra-)territorial scope of the GDPR can be reconciled with the principles of public international law.edition: 1ststatus: publishe