On 13 January 2022, the draft Guidelines for Identification of Critical Data (“Draft Guidelines“) were released. The public consultation period will end on 13 March 2022.  This is a key step for the full enforcement of the Data Security Law (“DSL“) which came into force on 1 September 2021. Read more

 G20 nation moves to modernised privacy code for online platforms, including binding rules. The proposed scope – and stakes for industry players – is substantial. On 25 October 2021, the Australian Attorney-General’s department released, for public consultation, an exposure draft bill introducing amendments to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enhancing Online Privacy and … Read more

Background On 28 May 2021, the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO“) published a call for views on the first draft chapter of its anonymisation, pseudonymisation and privacy enhancing technologies draft guidance). This first chapter is part of a series of chapters of guidance that the ICO will be publishing on anonymisation and pseudonymisation and their role … Read more

Executive Summary On 17 December 2020, the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) published a new Data Sharing Code of Practice (the “Code”). As nearly ten years have passed since the implementation of the previous data sharing code published by the ICO, the new Code has been updated to reflect key changes in data protection laws and … Read more

As most in the data community are aware, the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (the “Brexit Deal”) was agreed on Christmas Eve and provides for an interim period (up to a maximum of six months ending on 30 June 2021) whereby data transfers from Europe to the UK will not be treated as transfers to … Read more

Singapore has recognised regional certification for transferring personal data overseas and Singapore data privacy laws will have more teeth after proposed reform. Read more

Alongside, and perhaps in the shadow of, the European Commission publishing its long-awaited draft new Standard Contractual Clauses (the “New SCCs”) to address the restrictions imposed by the GDPR in relation to making international transfers of personal data  (for further details see our blog post here), the European Commission has also published a set of … Read more

Hot on the heels of the EDPB’s guidance on ‘supplementary measures’ with respect to international data transfers as a result of the Schrems II judgment (for further details see our blog post here), the European Commission has now published its long-awaited draft new Standard Contractual Clauses (the “New SCCs”) for consultation. Legal Background Chapter V … Read more