20.500.12556/DKUM-93264 Data protection heterogeneity in the European Union In light of digitalisation, we are witnessing an increased volume of collected data and data generation and exchange acceleration. Therefore, the European Union (EU) has introduced the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as a new framework for data protection on the European level. However, GDPR allows the member states to change some parts of the regulation, and the member states can always build on top of the GDPR. An example is the collection of biometric data with electronic signatures. This paper aims to compare the legislation on data protection topics in the various EU member states. The findings show that the member states included in the study generally do not have many additional/specific laws (only in 29.4% of the cases). However, almost all have other/additional legislation to the GDPR on at least one topic. The most additional legislation is on the topics of video surveillance, biometry, genetic data and health data. We also introduce a dynamic map that allows for quick navigating between different information categories and comparisons of the EU member states at a glance. data protection personal data data privacy GDPR legislation heterogeneity legislation on data protection European Union podatki osebni podatki zaščita podatkov zasebnost podatkov GDPR EU zakonodaja true false true MDPI Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci © 2021 by the authors Članek v reviji 2025-06-16 14:29:18 2025-06-16 14:29:18 2025-06-17 03:09:19 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2021 0 0 str. 1-9 iss. 22 Vol. 11 Nov.-2 2021 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2021-10-14 2021-11-17 2021-11-18 004.62.056 85541123 10.3390/app112210912 2076-3417 applsci-11-10912-v3.pdf applsci-11-10912-v3.pdf 1 1446918BADE0697BAD1DD361B08DAA81 5837360ec246bdcfbf1a136ba939c43e70c7f1a7077011143be0120643cc5679 cea031b2-4aad-11f0-a2f6-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=192280 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/22/10912 1 86870940-4aad-11f0-a2f6-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=192279 Fakulteta za elektrotehniko, računalništvo in informatiko 0 0 0