DataLawCompanion: Enhancing Data Protection Law Compliance in the Digital Age

Abstract

The rapid expansion and use of digital data in the era of generative Artificial Intelligence raises significant challenges in legal compliance and ethical data handling. The DataLawCompanion (DLC) emerges as a pivotal tool, blending advanced Large Language Models like ChatGPT-4 with expert legal insights to democratize understanding of data protection laws. This paper explores DLC’s role in simplifying complex legal frameworks for diverse stakeholders through a mixed-method approach, leveraging primary data from East African Data Protection Acts and comprehensive online research. Our findings underscore DLC’s effectiveness in enhancing legal comprehension and compliance in the digital era.

Keywords

• datalawcompanion
• chatgpt-4
• data law compliance
• large language model