This page includes the non final versions of the chapters composing the book Personal Data Architectures in the BRICS Countries, edited by Luca Belli and Walter B. Gaspar, to be published by Oxford University Press in 2025.
This collection brings together leading scholars and experts to examine how Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa structure, regulate, and operationalize personal data governance. The chapters provide comparative insights into legal frameworks, technological infrastructures, institutional models, and enforcement mechanisms shaping data architectures across the BRICS countries.
All seven pre-print chapters are now available below in their non-final versions:
1. Understanding the BRICS Countries, their Digital Cooperation, and Their Emerging Data Protection Architectures by Luca BelliDownload
5. Assessing the Chinese Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) and Beyond: The Stakeholder Architecture of Data Protection in China by Wayne Wei Wang, Sofia Chang and Larissa Chen Download