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Extraterritorial scope

A regulation's reach beyond the country or region that enacted it, based on where the regulated activity's effects land rather than where the regulated entity is physically located. The EU AI Act, like the GDPR before it, uses this output-based logic to reach American companies with no EU office or employees.

Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 3 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in The AI Lobbyist: Certified AI Policy Strategist.

How each discipline defines it

The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.

Certified China AI Regulatory Professional (CCARP)

A legal provision that applies to conduct or processing occurring, in part or in whole, outside the country that issued the law, based on a connecting factor such as the location of the affected individuals. PIPL's Article 3 extraterritorial scope is the clearest example in this topic: it can apply to an organization processing personal information of individuals in China even when that organization has no China office.

The AI Lobbyist: Certified AI Policy Strategist

A regulation's reach beyond the country or region that enacted it, based on where the regulated activity's effects land rather than where the regulated entity is physically located. The EU AI Act, like the GDPR before it, uses this output-based logic to reach American companies with no EU office or employees.

Certified China AI Regulatory Professional (CCARP)

The property of certain Chinese instruments (notably the GenAI Interim Measures and the Deep Synthesis Provisions) to apply to services accessible within China's territory regardless of where the provider is incorporated, distinguishing the existence of an obligation from the mechanics of completing its filing.

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Terms it appears with

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