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Hong Kong’s data privacy law reform may come in 2023

Data Protection Report

The reform of Hong Kong’s Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap.486) One of the proposed amendments in the Discussion Paper was the regulation of disclosure of personal data of other data subjects, also known as “doxxing”. 486) (the PDPO ) is back on the agenda.

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Proposed amendments to the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance to combat doxxing acts

Data Protection Report

The Hong Kong Government is proposing amendments to the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (the “ PDPO ”) to combat doxxing acts. public display) personal data of a data subject. Also, the new provisions not only protect the data subject, but also offer protection to his/her immediate family members.

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Data Privacy and Security: It Takes Two to Tango

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Data Privacy and Security: It Takes Two to Tango. The National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) announced earlier this year that they have expanded the Data Privacy Day campaign into Data Privacy Week , a full week-long initiative. And when a breach does happen, then our personal data is the main target.

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Over-Retention of Personal Data

Data Protection Report

The declining cost of electronic data storage may have caused some company executives to conclude that retaining personal data forever is “cheap.” The matter involved one of France’s largest insurers, SGAM AG2R LA MONDIALE, which was subject to an inspection by the French data protection authority (the CNIL), in 2019.

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Recovering from a Cyber Attack

Speaker: Mike Cramer, Director of HIPAA & Data Security at The Word & Brown Companies

IBM reported that the total damage from data breaches in 2021 was 4.24M USD (up from 3.86M USD in 2020), easily the highest aggregated amount on record. How do we protect that data, knowing that no solution is 100% fail-safe?

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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. And since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect May 25, 2018, IT compliance issues have been at the forefront of corporate concerns. GDPR-style data privacy laws came to the U.S. Location Matters.

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Personal data protection in the time of coronavirus (Covid-19)

Data Protection Report

Outbreak of the coronavirus and personal data privacy. There have been several data breach incidents which have given rise to concerns over privacy and potential discrimination against people from Wuhan and Hubei Province. Highlights of the CAC Circular.