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[…] protection,” said new Manager of Asia-Pacific, Dr. Clarisse Girot. “Today, this approach has been called into question, and an increasing number of regulators and privacy professionals are promoting accountability over a consent-centric approach to data protection. However, the fragmentation of data protection laws in Asia Pacific is an obstacle to the development of common […]

[…] Chinese law. This chapter is emblematic of the diversity of the objectives pursued by the text as described earlier. In these provisions, the legislator seeks both to promote responsible data transfers that respect the rights and interests of Chinese citizens, on the model of other provisions relating to transfers in “traditional” data protection laws, […]

[…] Congress is expected to adopt the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) before the end of the year, while the process of adopting the Data Protection Bill of India could be concluded, after several years of waiting. These texts will be groundbreaking, if only because China and India are the two most populous countries in […]

[…] protection and privacy.   “Clarisse is joining FPF at an important time for data protection in the Asia-Pacific region. The two most populous countries in the world, India, and China, are introducing general privacy laws, and established data protection jurisdictions, like Singapore, Japan, South Korea, and New Zealand, have recently updated their laws,” said […]

[…] economic, and professional opportunities. If regulation is to be effective, it should focus on both technical details and the underlying values and rights that must be protected from adverse uses of AI, to ensure that AI is ultimately used to promote human dignity and welfare. A .pdf version of the printed paper is available here.

[…] to unauthorized individuals. Security best practices require that authentication be accomplished via a multi-factor system, requiring two of the three options: something you know (password or pin code, security question), something you have (a smart card, specific mobile device, or USB token), or something you are (a biometric).  Once an ID holder is authenticated, […]

[…] data protection law in force (EU, Brazil, Japan, South Korea, South Africa), while two jurisdictions have data protection bills expected to become laws in 2021 (China and India). For the purposes of this analysis, the following provisions are being examined: the definitions of ‘processing operation’ and ‘personal data’ given that they are two concepts […]

[…] trend to modernize their regulatory approach, several of them proposing sandboxes (e.g., the CNIL and the Norwegian DPA), and pushing for more self-regulation, like the adoption of Codes of Conduct. DPAs also plan on dedicating efforts to make GDPR compliance work in practice on a large scale by targeting the empowerment of DPOs and […]

[…] treatment. The Prefatory Note of a late-stage draft of the UPDPA notes that it seeks to avoid “the compliance and regulatory costs associated with the California and Virginia regimes.”  Central to the framework, however, is a useful distinction between “compatible,” “incompatible,” and “prohibited” data practices, which moves beyond a purely consent model based on […]

Last week, President Biden signed an Executive Order on “ Promoting Competition in the American Economy” (“the Order” or “the EO”), published together with an explanatory Fact Sheet. The Order outlines a sweeping agenda for a “whole of government” approach to enforcement of antitrust laws in nearly every sector of the economy. Although there […]