A/HRC/55/46 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 18 January 2024 English Original: Spanish Human Rights Council Fifty-fifth session 26 February–5 April 2024 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Legal safeguards for personal data protection and privacy in the digital age Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy, Ana Brian Nougrères Summary This report examines personal data protection and privacy laws from five continents with the aim of providing States with a comparative study of the different mechanisms that have been established so that data subjects can exercise control over the use of their personal data. It also examines the legal mechanisms that are available to data subjects for the protection and restitution of their rights and, where necessary, for the reparation of damage caused by the improper use of information concerning them. GE.24-00091 (E) 310124 010224