lex loci solutionis definition
lex loci solutionis means the ‘law of the place where the relevant performance occurs’. This implies that data processors have to follow the GDPR when European customers’ data are processed (Bendiek 2019, 33). This ‘extraterritorial scope’ was a major innovation under the GDPR. Before, it mattered in what jurisdiction the data was being processed, but under the GDPR, this is no longer relevant. If the organization is targeting EU citizens in the collection of their data, then the GDPR applies.23 The lex loci solutionis has major implications for the international reach of the GDPR, which are discussed in chapter 5.