Australia’s Amended Privacy Act’s New Definition of ‘Personal Information’: When Is an Individual ‘Reasonably Identifiable’?
May 20, 2013 in Privacy & Data Security Law Resource Centre
Australia’s Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Act 2012 (Cth) will commence in March 2014 when the definition of “personal information” in the Privacy Act 1988 will be replaced with…
Personal Data Transfers from the European Economic Area: Time to Consider Binding Corporate Rules 2.0
May 20, 2013 in Privacy & Data Security Law Resource Centre
What exactly is the “best” solution for an international business needing to handle and transfer personal data across borders? …
The New Constants — Death, Taxes and … Social Media?
May 20, 2013 in Privacy & Data Security Law Resource Centre
Those issuing legal holds must consider whether those holds must cover social media. The authors write that it has been estimated that nearly half of all companies will have been asked to produce material from social media websites for e-discovery by the end of 2013…
Quick Poll: Will the consent & jurisdiction provisions of the proposed EU Data Protection Regulation make the EU the “super-regulator” of cloud companies?
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U.S. and Canadian Privacy Considerations in Mergers and Acquisitions
May 13, 2013 in World Data Protection Report
The exchange of information about individuals, including customers, employees and security holders, is often an integral part of merger and acquisition transactions. This article provides an overview of U.S. and Canadian privacy considerations…
ANALYSIS: Personal Data Transfers from the European Economic Area: Time to Consider Binding Corporate Rules 2.0
April 30, 2013 in World Data Protection Report
What exactly is the “best” solution for an international business handling personal data transfers across borders? This has become an increasingly important and common question as business becomes more global and companies grow, reorganise or merge…
ANALYSIS: The Singapore Personal Data Protection Commission’s First Proposals for Regulations to Implement the New Personal Data Protection Act
April 30, 2013 in World Data Protection Report
Following the enactment of the Personal Data Protection Act (the “PDPA”) by the Singapore Parliament on October 15, 2012, the Personal Data Protection Commission was established on January 2, 2013, with powers under the PDPA to issue regulations and advisory guidelines…
The EU Article 29 Working Party Opinion on Apps on Smart Devices and its Implications
April 24, 2013 in World Data Protection Report
The EU Article 29 Data Protection Working Party’s Opinion 02/2013 on apps on smart devices aims to clarify the legal framework of a hitherto largely unregulated area. This article analyzes the Working Party’s views in these key areas, and discusses potential consequences for the various parties in the app development ecosystem…
Regulators and Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Are Ready to Pounce on Privacy and Data Security Missteps: A Guide to Limiting Corporate Risk
April 24, 2013 in Privacy & Data Security Law Resource Centre
Plaintiffs’ victories in privacy class actions are becoming more common. Companies that ignore the risk of privacy-related litigation and investigations do so at their peril. The authors provide recommendations for companies to avoid these risks…
China’s New National Standard for the Protection of Personal Information Collected over Information Systems
April 24, 2013 in World Data Protection Report
Companies with operations in China will want to consider modifying their existing data privacy procedures in light of recent developments.