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
Continue Reading CHINA: Recent Enforcement TrendsOn 16 September 2024, the UK’s data protection authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), issued a reprimand against Sky Betting and Gaming (SkyBet) for unlawfully processing people’s data through advertising cookies without their consent.
Between 10 January and 3 March 2023, SkyBet’s website dropped third-party AdTech cookies to visitors’ browsers before
Continue Reading UK: Data protection authority issues reprimand to gambling operator for unlawfully processing personal dataAuthors: Carolyn Bigg, Yue Lin Lee
The provision setting out significantly higher financial penalties for Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (“PDPA”) is now in force.
There is now an increased risk for organisations contravening the PDPA in Singapore.
This means that in relation to any intentional or negligent contravention of:
Continue Reading SINGAPORE: Increased financial penalties under the PDPA now in effect
On 27 July 2022, the highest administrative court in the Netherlands, published its highly anticipated judgment involving the Dutch Data Protection Authority’s assessment of “legitimate interest” under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
It was expected that the court would provide some clarification on whether “purely commercial interests” can qualify as legitimate interests within the meaning
Continue Reading NETHERLANDS: Highest court side-steps determining whether legitimate interests may be purely commercial
