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South Korea Consults on Draft Decree to Personal Information Protection Act | Privacy World

Bilingual Draft of China’s Standard Contract

On April 17, 2023, Vietnam issued its long-awaited, first-ever comprehensive data privacy law, Decree No. 13/2023/ND on the Protection of Personal Data (Decree). The Decree will take effect on July 1, 2023, without any transition period. All Vietnamese and foreign businesses located in Vietnam or carrying out data processing activities in Vietnam must comply with the Decree.

The issuance of the Decree follows an extensive and protracted series of public consultations and numerous rounds of review of its proposed text since the release of a first draft in February 2021. The final text of the issued Decree is currently only available in the Vietnamese language.[1]
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Singapore Appointed as Deputy Chair of the Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules Body | Privacy World

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Members of our Data Privacy, Cybersecurity and Digital Assets team recently hosted a webinar discussing the new requirements needed to export almost ANY personal data from China (except situations where higher obligation applies). This now includes executing a designated Standard Contract with the data recipient, completing a detailed Personal Information Protection Impact Assessment and filing

At long last, China has issued the Standard Contract terms and the Measures for implementing them. Click here for more detailed analysis, but, in short:

  1. They apply to any personal information data export from China, except those of a heightened concern (i.e. critical information or large volume and/or sensitive data transfers) or where a voluntary

Tokyo/Shanghai Partner Scott Warren will be speaking at the Law.Asia webinar “Data Protection Compliance: Perspectives from Asia” on Thursday, February 16 at 5 p.m. Singapore time (9 a.m. UK/2:30 p.m. IST/12 a.m. PST).

This panel will discuss ways to create an effective global compliance program that is cybersecurity resilient. If you are interested in attending,

Our Tokyo Partner, Scott Warren, will be speaking at the Tokyo Summit 2023: Risk Management/Legal Tech/Cybersecurity in Tokyo, Japan at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on January 24. The event, run by the CJK Group, is an all-day event covering a wide variety of legal technology and risk topics. Scott will deliver a presentation from

Last week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced H.R. 4551, the “Reporting Attacks from Nations Selected for Oversight and Monitoring Web Attacks and Ransomware from Enemies Act” (“RANSOMWARE Act”).  H.R. 4551 was introduced by Consumer Protection and Commerce Ranking Member Gus Bilirakis (R-FL).

If it becomes law, H.R. 4551 would amend Section 14 of

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Online Safety in Digital Markets Needs a Joined Up Approach with Competition Law in the UK

China’s Didi Fined