Since its announcement during the King’s Speech on 17 July 2024, there has been much anticipation over the contents of the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (“CS&R Bill“) and in particular the extent to which it will bring the UK into alignment with its European counterpart, the NIS2 directive. Currently, cyber regulation in
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On April, 8 2025, the Department of Justice’s final rule, implementing the Biden-era Executive Order 14117 restricting the transfer of Americans’ Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data to countries of concern (the “Final Rule“), came into force. The Final Rule imposes new requirements on US companies when transferring certain types
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Recently, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), which is the primary data regulator in China, published a newsletter about the government authorities’ enforcement of Apps and websites that violated personal data protection and cybersecurity laws during the year 2024.
Based on the official statistics, during 2024, the CAC interviewed 11,159 website platforms, imposed warnings or
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Since the full implementation of Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) in June 2022, the Personal Data Protection Committee (PDPC) has been instrumental in shaping the nation’s data protection framework. Recently, the PDPC provided detailed clarifications on data breach notification requirements by responding to the public consultation, offering essential guidance for
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On 14 January 2025, the UK Home Office published a consultation paper focusing on legislative proposals to reduce payments to cyber criminals and increasing incident reporting.
The proposals set out in the consultation paper aim to protect UK businesses, citizens, and critical infrastructure from the growing threat of ransomware, by reducing the financial incentives for
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On 29 November 2024, the Australian Senate passed the Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (Cth) (the Privacy Act Bill). This follows the passage of the Cyber Security Act 2024 (Cth), and other cyber-security related amendments, on 25 November 2024.
The majority of the amendments to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) will
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On 20 November 2024, the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) was published in the Official Journal of the EU, kicking off the phased implementation of the CRA obligations.
What is the CRA?
The CRA is a harmonising EU regulation, the first of its kind focusing on safeguarding consumers and businesses from cybersecurity threats.
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Planning and developing an effective communications strategy is a critical step in preparing for a cyber security incident. Last week, the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre published guidance on communicating with stakeholders before, during and after a cyber security incident. The guidance is published with organisations of all sizes in mind, and sets out three
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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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It has been a busy month for cyber and privacy regulation in Australia. On the heels of the proposed amendments to the Privacy Act 1988 released just under a month ago (see our summary here), three further draft Bills relating to cyber security were released this week.
The key takeaways from the new Bills
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