On January 16, 2023, the New Jersey Governor signed into law Senate Bill 332 (the “Act”) making New Jersey the 14th state to adopt a comprehensive state privacy law. The Act will take effect on January 15th, 2025, and requires the Division of Consumer Affairs to issue rules and regulations to effectuate
Continue Reading US: New Jersey Enacts Comprehensive State Privacy LawUS: Open Banking Regulation Arrives in the US
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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Imminent Changes to Singapore’s Cybersecurity Act: New Obligations on Service Providers
Since the enactment of Singapore’s Cybersecurity Act (Act) in August 2018, the digital battlefield has transformed dramatically. The nation’s move towards digitalisation has not only spurred the growth of Singapore’s digital economy but also brought new cyber threats and challenges to the fore.
Given this, the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA
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Australia – next stages in the Privacy Act review confirmed
We (finally) have more clarity as to the next steps in the long-awaited reform of the Australian Privacy Act.
As we noted back in February this year (see here), the Attorney-General’s Department recommended a number of changes to Australia’s core privacy regime, which saw its last major overhaul in 2014.
The Australian Government
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Continue Reading We’re now seamlessly global. Here’s what to expect.India: New Digital Personal Data Protection Act, Start Planning Now.
Authors: Carolyn Bigg, Gwyneth To and Rachel De Souza
Start preparing now to comply with India’s new data protection law. While there are similarities with EU/UK GDPR – and sufficient harmonisation with data protection laws across APAC to continue a regional data compliance in Asia – the practicalities of implementation and compliance should not be
Continue Reading India: New Digital Personal Data Protection Act, Start Planning Now.CHINA: uncertainties helpfully clarified on various key data compliance activities
Helpful guidance on some previously uncertain areas of China data protection compliance programmes have been provided by the Administrative Measures for Personal Information Protection Compliance Audit (Draft for Comment) (“Draft Measures”), which were published for public consultation on 3 August 2023 by the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”).
The Draft Measures
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To add to the compliance burden, new mandatory, periodic and detailed data protection compliance audits have now been proposed in China, with measures beyond the usual governance/compliance audit compliance steps expected under other data protection frameworks, and a duty to report the audit results to the China data authorities.
On 3 August 2023, the Cyberspace
Continue Reading CHINA: new mandatory data protection compliance audits proposedAustralia: Cyber security round-up – new Cyber Security Strategy, data breach stats and more
Author: Sarah Birkett
Cyber Security Strategy discussion paper launched
This week saw the launch of a discussion paper for the Australian Government’s 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy. The discussion paper refers to the lofty aim of making Australia the most cyber secure nation by 2030.
The discussion paper, which acknowledges that the Australian Government was
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EU – US adequacy decision: Update
Authors: Andreas Rüdiger, Philipp Adelberg
The debate on transatlantic data transfers, a possible adequacy decision for the US and the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (“DPF“) is gaining new momentum. On 14 February 2023, the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs published its draft motion for a resolution regarding
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