نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
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گروه حقوق تجارت بینالملل و حقوق مالکیت فکری و فضای مجازی، دانشکده حقوق، دانشگاه شهید بهشتی، تهران، ایران
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کلیدواژهها
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عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسندگان [English]
The global expansion of data protection regimes, particularly under the influence of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), has raised significant questions regarding their application to international arbitration. Arbitral proceedings inherently involve extensive processing of personal data through pleadings, correspondence, expert reports, witness testimony, and arbitral awards. At the same time, modern data protection laws—often characterized by broad material, personal, and extraterritorial scope—may extend to all participants in the arbitral process, including arbitrators, arbitral institutions, parties, counsel, experts, and service providers. Despite these implications, data protection frameworks were not designed specifically for arbitration, and regulatory authorities have provided little concrete guidance on their interaction. This has resulted in divergent views concerning the compatibility of data protection obligations with the flexibility and confidentiality traditionally associated with international arbitration. This article examines the material, personal, and territorial scope of data protection regulations in the arbitral context. It first clarifies the concepts of personal data, data subjects, and data processing within arbitral proceedings, before analyzing the roles of arbitration participants as data controllers or processors. The article further evaluates the extraterritorial reach of these regulations and the practical challenges arising from their application to cross-border disputes. It argues that even limited processing of personal data may trigger independent legal obligations for arbitration participants and, given the transnational nature of arbitration, affect the conduct of the proceedings as a whole. Consequently, compliance with data protection regulations has become not merely feasible, but practically unavoidable in international arbitration.
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