Peculiarities of EU's Cooperation with Third Countries within the Framework of the General Data Protection Regulation

This paper is devoted to the analysis of peculiarities of EU’s cooperation with third countries within the framework of General Data Protection Regulation. In order to conduct a comprehensive research various approaches to the determination of EU normative power and a theoretical understanding of the concept of normative hegemony are examined. This study also discusses the main innovations of the General Data Protection Regulation, as well as issues related to the possibility of extraterritorial application of its provisions. In addition, study focuses on the process of EU’s cooperation with third countries as part of the adequacy decision procedure to demonstrates the ability of the European Union to influence the formation of legal norms in third countries. At the same time, it discusses possible challenges of international cooperation in the field of data security and the possibility of the emergence of alternative models of data protection.