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title: Global Digital Identity and Privacy Regulations
permalink: /regulation/
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last_modified_at: 2020-01-06
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[Self Sovereign Identity & Decentralized Identity: Control Your Data](https://dragonchain.com/blog/decentralized-identity-self-sovereign-identity-explained/#toc_15). Provides outline of some global regulations related to identity and privacy, as part of a high level SSI primer, breifly discussing:
  * Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
  * The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
  * European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 
  * Singapore Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (PDPA)
  * Japan's Act on Protection of Personal Information (APPI)
  * Data breach notification laws