• Shreyaa D R
• Dr. Chetan Dixit

The advent of emerging technologies in the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Blockchain has brought a level of unprecedented complexities in data governance, especially, with regards to data privacy, security and cross border regulatory issues. This paper examines the confluence by which these technologies meet transforming regulations, as well as the ramifications that result from data operations in decentralized and hyperconnected settings. It looks into the ways AI’s data-dependent algorithms, IoT’s real-time monitoring abilities, blockchain’s eternal registries pose new necessities for adaptable systems of governing, and privacy sustaining technologies. The study provides a comparative analysis of international regulatory responses, such as European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), China’s Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), and India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA), 2023 to show how different jurisdictions find the balance between innovation and privacy protection. In addition, the paper also disusses the roles played by such technologies such as federated learning, homomorphic encryption, and zero knowledge proofs in boosting data privacy. The paper concludes that there is a need for a unified response to the problem of data governance, which involves ethical AI principles, cross-border cooperation and technological safeguards, in order to guarantee responsible innovation and respect of individual rights in the digital world.

Artificial Intelligence (AI); Blockchain Technology; Cross-Border Data Flow; Cybersecurity; Data Governance; Data Privacy; Differential Privacy; DPDP Act; Emerging Technologies; Ethical AI; GDPR; Internet of Things (IoT); PIPL; Unified Digital Regulation; Zero-Knowledge Proofs

"Data Governance In The Age Of Emerging Technologies: Multijurisdictional Inquiry Into Privacy And Ethical Imperatives For AI, IoT, & Blockchain", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 5, page no.i631-i638, May-2025, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2505967.pdf

"Data Governance In The Age Of Emerging Technologies: Multijurisdictional Inquiry Into Privacy And Ethical Imperatives For AI, IoT, & Blockchain", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 5, page no. ppi631-i638, May-2025, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2505967.pdf