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Reflecting on APAC Data Protection and Cyber-security Highlights for 2019 (and what lies ahead!)

Data Protection Report

2019 saw continued growth and change in data protection and cyber-security across the Asia-Pacific. Following the implementation of the GDPR in May, 2018, many jurisdictions moved to review and strengthen existing data privacy and cyber-security laws. million patients.

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CIPL and Hunton Andrews Kurth Publish Legal Note on GDPR Regulation of AI

Hunton Privacy

On March 12, 2020, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”), in collaboration with Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP , published its legal note, “ Artificial Intelligence and Data Protection: How the GDPR Regulates AI.”. Read the report on Artificial Intelligence and Data Protection: How the GDPR Regulates AI.

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Middle East: Kingdom of Bahrain publishes Personal Data Protection Law

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

On 12 July 2018, the Kingdom of Bahrain (Bahrain) issued Law No. 30 of 2018 on the Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL). The PDPL will enter into force on 1 August 2019, giving businesses just under one year from the date of this article to prepare for the new regime. Businesses with a place of business in Bahrain; and.

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BELGIUM: Belgian Data Protection Authority issued 59 sanctions past 12 months

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The Belgian Data Protection Authority (BDPA) used the GDPR second anniversary as a milestone to issue a news alert with statistics on the actions it has taken since May 2019 (figures from 25/05/2019 to 20/05/2020). Reported data breaches. Some statistics: Topic. Statistics. Information requests. Complaints (incl.

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2019 end-of-year review part 1: January to June

IT Governance

A royal baby, a fire at Notre-Dame, the highest grossing film of all time and more than 12 billion breached data records: 2019 has been quite a year. IT Governance is closing out the year by rounding up 2019’s biggest information security stories. Mumsnet disclosed a data breach affecting 4,000 people. million (£4.2

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EDPB Stakeholder Event Highlights Continued Confusion over Data Subject Rights Compliance under the GDPR

Data Matters

On 4 November 2019, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), the EU-wide data supervisory authority, held a stakeholders’ event on data subject rights under the GDPR. Stakeholders noted some requests were too broad, in turn, making it difficult to identify which data subject right was being exercised (e.g.,

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The Not-so-True People-Search Network from China

Krebs on Security

It’s not unusual for the data brokers behind people-search websites to use pseudonyms in their day-to-day lives (you would, too). Some of these personal data purveyors even try to reinvent their online identities in a bid to hide their conflicts of interest. 2019, through Alibaba in China. 03-12 15, Singapore).

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