Across the Asia-Pacific region, privacy and cybersecurity regulation continues to evolve rapidly, with regulators increasingly moving from legislative build-out to practical compliance and enforcement. Recent developments in Vietnam, South Korea and Indonesia illustrate this trend and signal heightened regulatory expectations for organisations operating in the region.

Below is a snapshot of what happened, and why…

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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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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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