This biennial global assessment is the ninth in this publication since 2011. Each assessment has been accompanied by detailed tables listing key features of all the laws assessed (see Eighth Edition, 2023)(1). The Ninth Edition of the Tables will accompany the next issue.

This is the first assessment to conclude that revisions to existing data privacy laws are now more important than enactment of new laws in countries without such laws. This review is comprehensive in that it covers, for 2023-24: (i) new countries with data privacy laws; (ii) laws revising/updating existing data privacy laws; (iii) draft laws/ Bills for new data privacy laws; and (iv) countries with no data privacy laws or Bills.