Chinese data regulators are intensifying their focus on the data protection compliance audit obligations under the Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL“), with the release of the Administrative Measures for Personal Information Protection Compliance Audits (“Measures“), effective 1 May 2025.

The Measures outline the requirements and procedures for both self-initiated and regulator-requested

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It’s the turn of South-East Asian countries to update their data protection laws. Here is our summary of the proposed new data protection laws in Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia. Organisations are advised to update their data protection compliance programmes as soon as possible to reflect these developments.

Vietnam

Vietnam issued its first draft of a

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Additional and clarified data compliance obligations will soon come into force under the long-awaited Network Data Security Management Regulation (“Regulation“), which was released on 30 September 2024. The Regulation is formulated under the existing data protection framework pillars of the Cyber Security Law, the Data Security Law and the Personal Information Protection Law

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In 2010, Congress included a provision in the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) requiring that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) promulgate rules effectuating what is commonly referred to as “Open Banking.”   Specifically, the rules would require any entity that engages in offering or providing a consumer financial product or service to make

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Authors: Carolyn Bigg, Amanda Ge, Venus Cheung, and Gwyneth To

Summary: The final version of the China SCCs has now been published, meaning those organisations that haven’t had to apply for CAC approval for their cross-border transfers of personal information now have until 1 December 2023 to:

  • sign the China SCCs with


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Author: Carolyn Bigg, Yue Lin Lee

Indonesia’s long-awaited Personal Data Protection Law (“PDPL”) finally came into force on 17 October 2022, helpfully consolidating and clarifying the personal data protection framework in Indonesia.

Whilst there is a two-year transition period, businesses with Indonesian operations or which process the personal data of Indonesian citizens should now make
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