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Hong Kong’s Reform of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (the “PDPO”): Bridging Troubled Waters

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

The PDPO Review Paper represents the first proposal for reform of the PDPO since the consultation in 2009-10 that led to the introduction of Hong Kong’s direct marketing controls in 2013. From a global perspective, data protection regulation has moved forward significantly since that time, so a review of the PDPO is timely.

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The Digital Markets Act Is Almost Here: 10 Things to Know About the EU’s New Rules for Big Tech

Data Matters

There is a lot to digest, so below is our breakdown of the top 10 key points you should know about the EU’s new rules. Under the DMA, the Commission will be empowered to impose severe sanctions for noncompliance, including fines of up to 10% — and, in the event of repeated infringements, up to 20% — of a gatekeeper’s worldwide turnover.

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Sophie Sayer on the IT Governance Partner Programme

IT Governance

Tell us a bit about what you do for IT Governance I’ve been head of channel since December 2019, though have worked for the Group since October 2009. We are the market leader in data privacy and cyber security risk management solutions, so it makes sense to partner with us. What is it that makes IT Governance special?

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Developments in Health Privacy and Cybersecurity Policy and Regulation: OCR Issues Cybersecurity Warnings and New Health Data Legislation Is Introduced

Data Matters

Relatedly, as issues around data in the healthcare industry grow, Congress continues to contemplate modernization of the HIPAA—which originally passed over 25 years ago and has not been substantively updated since 2009 (or when the iPhone was barely 2 years old). Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA)

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Richard Thomas Selected as Chair for Guernsey’s New Data Protection Authority

Hunton Privacy

Adding the appointment to his position at CIPL, Thomas will be formally appointed in May and will work with the Data Protection Commissioner and the States of Guernsey to support the island’s regulatory framework in conjunction with the introduction of its new data protection law.

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The Burden of Privacy In Discovery

Data Matters

10 At that time, it was aimed most squarely at curbing the types of duplicative, excessive, “scorched earth” discovery practices that were prevalent — i.e., at the problem of so-called “overdiscovery.”11 social security and credit card numbers, employee and patient health data, and customer financial records).”43 10 Edward D.

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Encryption: How It Works, Types, and the Quantum Future

eSecurity Planet

Individuals, small businesses, and enterprise organizations all rely on encryption to securely store and transfer sensitive data across wide-area networks (WAN) like the internet. Application developers managing sensitive user data must especially beware of increasing regulatory action surrounding data privacy.