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Hong Kong’s data privacy law reform may come in 2023

Data Protection Report

The reform of Hong Kong’s Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap.486) In our earlier post in 2020, we reported that the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau published a discussion paper (the Discussion Paper ) seeking the Legislative Council’s Panel on Constitutional Affairs’ (the Panel ) views on proposed changes to the PDPO.

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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. And since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect May 25, 2018, IT compliance issues have been at the forefront of corporate concerns. GDPR-style data privacy laws came to the U.S. Location Matters.

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Automate data privacy governance

Collibra

2020 continues to be an eventful year for privacy stakeholders trying to meet rising compliance demands. data transfer to the new Brazil privacy law. Let us not forget, however, that new obligations do not replace the previous ones; they are simply added to the growing list for data privacy compliance. .

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TikTok Banned on UK Government Devices

IT Governance

The UK government has announced plans to ban ministers and civil servants from using TikTok on work devices. It follows concern regarding the data privacy practices of the Chinese-owned app, with the European Parliament making a similar ruling last week. A quarter of its users are under 20 years old, and half are under 30.

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2020 Predictions: New Challenges for Data Privacy and the 5G Hackathon

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Along with innovation and technology proliferation, new challenges that will shape business during 2020. The importance of data and the power of being an insights-driven enterprise are increasing the amount of damage that data breaches can cause. So what’s in store for data privacy and the rollout of of 5G technology?

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Using Information Governance with a Privacy Compliance Plan as the Fulcrum for Data Privacy and Continuous Compliance

Information Governance Perspectives

In May of 2020 I was honored to speak at the MERv conference with John Frost of Box on the topic of Using Information Governance with a Privacy Compliance Plan as the Fulcrum for Data Privacy and Continuous Compliance. Below are some excerpts from my transcribed remarks.

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UK police forces suffered more than 2,000 data breaches in 2020

IT Governance

UK police forces experienced 2,386 data breaches in 2020, according to data gathered by VPNoverview. For example, the report revealed that police stations suffered 299 data breaches on average between January 2016 and April 2021.