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Navigating Compliance: Understanding India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Navigating Compliance: Understanding India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act madhav Thu, 05/09/2024 - 05:30 In August 2023, the Indian Parliament passed a piece of landmark legislation, the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, marking a significant shift in India's data protection landscape.

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Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act Enters into Force

Hunton Privacy

On June 1, 2022, Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act (“PDPA”) entered into force after three years of delays. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, the Thai government issued royal decrees to extend the compliance deadline to June 1, 2022. . Breaches may result in fines between THB500,000 (U.S.$14,432)

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Malaysia introduces watershed amendments to Personal Data Protection Act 2010

Data Protection Report

On 16 July 2024, the Malaysian Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives of the Malaysian Parliament) passed the Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2024 (the PDP Bill ). Data processors will also be potentially subject to the direct imposition of penalties for breach of their obligations.

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How Organisations Are Failing to Process Personal Data Lawfully Under the GDPR

IT Governance

There are often problems with the lawfulnessof personal data processing, largely due to over-reliance on consent. How are organisations failing to process personal data lawfully under the GDPR, and how can they address this while improving their day-to-day business operations? I sat down with Andy to find out more.

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GUEST ESSAY: 5 tips for ‘de-risking’ work scenarios that require accessing personal data

The Last Watchdog

Working with personal data in today’s cyber threat landscape is inherently risky. It’s possible to de-risk work scenarios involving personal data by carrying out a classic risk assessment of an organization’s internal and external infrastructure. Helping ensure data privacy. Randomizing data. Unique IDs.

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GUEST ESSAY: How stricter data privacy laws have redefined the ‘filing’ of our personal data

The Last Watchdog

Europe’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) changed the game. Legacy filing systems were not built to keep track of the personal data of specific individuals primarily to be in compliance with the many data protection regulations popping up around the world. Dealing with legacy systems.

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India: New Digital Personal Data Protection Act, Start Planning Now.

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

While there are similarities with EU/UK GDPR – and sufficient harmonisation with data protection laws across APAC to continue a regional data compliance in Asia – the practicalities of implementation and compliance should not be underestimated. data subjects, using the GDPR terminology) located within India.