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China’s PIPL has finally arrived, and brings helpful clarification (rather than substantial change) to China’s data privacy framework

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Rather than bringing substantial changes to the existing China data privacy framework, the PIPL helpfully consolidates and clarifies obligations on processing of personal information at a national law level. To be clear, this is not China’s own GDPR. The PIPL applies to both the public and private sectors.

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The Burden of Privacy In Discovery

Data Matters

With the proliferation of social media platforms and other new technologies has come a renewed legal focus on privacy. Could a party, for instance, decline to produce, review, or even collect certain types of data due to privacy concerns? But what about other contexts? In this essay, Robert D.

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The debate on the Data Protection Bill in the House of Lords

Data Protector

When we do the weekly supermarket shop online, we should be able to move our shopping list electronically. Noble Lords will be familiar with the role of the Information Commissioner, whose role is to uphold information rights in the public interest, promoting openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals.

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