US colleges and universities will be affected by new European data protection, says William Hoye from IES Abroad. He warned that the new EU rules have “very sharp teeth” and would almost certainly apply to all U.S. higher education institutions.

Hi-tech countries such as Kenya are discovering that the new EU Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will affect African companies that do business with Europe. “Although it is an EU regulation, the GDPR will undoubtedly have implications for countries in Africa,” says Juliet Maina, an advocate at Trippleoklaw Advocates Nairobi.