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From Canada's federal privacy law to a patchwork of American state rules to Central American republics still building their first data protection agencies, this stretch of the hemisphere shows just how differently neighboring countries can treat the same rights online.
This project answers the same twenty questions used across the Digital Rights Atlas for Canada, the United States, Mexico, and the seven countries of Central America, covering data privacy, artificial intelligence, surveillance, and free expression online. Built from real statutes, official regulator guidance, and reporting from groups such as Freedom House, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and ARTICLE19, so you can compare what is protected on paper against what actually happens in practice.
Content last verified: August 30, 2026. Laws and enforcement patterns shift — always confirm current status before relying on this for a legal decision.
Pick two to five countries below to line up their answers to all twenty questions in one table.
Each country answers the same twenty questions across a set of flyer cards, with its bio and cited sources underneath. Pick any country on the map above and it will open right here.
This page covers 10 countries. Every other region, plus the full 195-country globe, uses the same twenty-question atlas.