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Oct 20, 2023 UAE Federal Law on Modern Trading by Technological Means By Alex Mackay Jamie Ryder Hot off the heels of recent updates to Federal Law No. 15/2020 On Consumer Protection (“Consumer Protection Law”) and its newly issued...
Jul 12, 2023 European Commission Approves Data Privacy Framework By David Cohen On July 10th, 2023, the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”). This is the...
May 25, 2023 Five years later: GDPR and the U.S. state privacy law boom By David Cohen It’s hard to believe that half a decade has gone by since the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) first came into effect on May...
Aug 18, 2022 What is an eComm? By Anthony Diana Tune in for the first episode, "What are eComms?", in our "eComms compliance for financial institutions" series on Tech Law Talks. I am...
Jun 20, 2022 Singapore to impose content moderation rules on social media platforms By Charmian Aw Singapore will soon have a new Code of Practice for Online Safety, and Content Code for Social Media Services, requiring social media...
Apr 22, 2022 Singapore joins as pioneer member of global forum for international transborder data flows By Charmian Aw Singapore is one of the founding members of a newly established Global Cross Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) Forum. The aim of the Forum is...
Mar 30, 2022 Singapore and U.S. announce partnership on AI and cybersecurity By Charmian Aw On 30 March 2022, the US Department of Commerce, Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry, and Singapore's Ministry of Communications...
Mar 04, 2022 Singapore increases data breach penalty to 10% of turnover, from 1 October By Charmian Aw Non-compliance with Singapore's Personal Data Protection Act can now attract a higher penalty of up to 10 per cent of local annual...
Feb 18, 2022 Your ESGuide in 5: How might proposed new European legislation impact ESG? By Francesca Paull Elle Todd Legislation never sleeps, particularly data legislation, and there are a flurry of new proposed regulations in the UK and Europe on top...
Feb 08, 2022 Singapore, South Korea and APEC CBPR recognised by Dubai International Financial Centre as adequate for cross border data transfers By Charmian Aw Marize Coetzer On 4 February 2022, the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Office of the Commissioner of Data Protection announced that it has...
Jan 27, 2022 Your ESGuide in 5: Finding the P for Privacy in ESG By Francesca Paull Elle Todd It may not be immediately obvious how privacy is relevant to ESG, or Environmental, Social and Governance. There is no ‘P’ or even a ‘D’...
Jul 15, 2021 Singapore launches new trade-data platform By Charmian Aw A new data exchange system, developed by the Singapore government in partnership with the private sector, aims to change this by offering...
Jun 17, 2021 China passes new Data Security Law By Charmian Aw On 10 June 2021, the National People’s Congress passed the People’s Republic of China Data Security Law, which will come into force on 1...
Jun 02, 2021 Singapore High Court interprets ‘loss or damage’ in private actions for data protection contraventions By Charmian Aw The Singapore High Court recently considered in Bellingham, Alex v. Reed, Michael [2021] SGHC 125 the loss or damage needed for a private...
Jan 27, 2021 Will the third time be the charm for the Washington Privacy Act? By Karen Lust The Washington Privacy Act bill merges best practices from the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the General Data Protection...
Jan 22, 2021 Cybersecurity and data privacy under the new administration By Karen Lust Various legislation across states relating to data privacy, including data subject rights, biometric data, and cybersecurity standards is...