PrefaceList of AbbreviationsList of Contributors§ 1 Global Data Strategies: An Introduction (Hennemann)§ 2 Unlocking the Potential of the Data Age: Key Tasks and Challenges ofData Strategies (Gasser/Hennemann)§ 3 Global Data Economics: Principles, Strategies and Policies(Schnurr)§ 4 EU and German Data Strategies - Aspiration and Reality(Veil/Weindauer)§5 U S Data Strategy (Guggenberger)§ 6 Assessing Ghana’s Data Protection Framework Within the Context ofAfrica’s Data Governance Strategy: Trends, Direction and Prospects(Dei-Tutu/Hoffmann)§ 7 China’s Data Strategies: Institutionalisation, Activation, and Layering (Zuo)§ 8 The Regulatory Level Playing Field(s) - Global Compliance Efforts of andGlobal Standard-Setting by International Corporations (Hennemann/Zeiter) § 9 ‘Data Colonialism’? Big Data’s Adverse Impact on the (Global) South(Bernzen)Index