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India: Government withdraws long-awaited Personal Data Protection Bill

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

On 3 August, the Indian Central Government withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 ( PDP Bill ). The PDP Bill, which has drawn criticism from both privacy advocates and industry stakeholders, was first published in 2018 and was to be India’s first law on the protection of personal data.

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India Passes Digital Personal Data Protection Act

Hunton Privacy

reports that in early August 2023, the Indian Parliament passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (the “Act”), bringing to a close a 5-year process to enact an omnibus data privacy law in India. The Act was ratified by the President of India and will come into effect once notified by the Government.

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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. Related: The dangers of normalizing encryption for government use. 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.

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Senators Raise Security Concerns Over Selling Personal Data

Data Breach Today

Letter to Twitter, Google, Others Asks About Selling Information to Foreign Governments A bipartisan group of senators has sent a letter to Google, Twitter, Verizon, AT&T and online advertising firms and networks raising national security concerns about the selling of citizens' personal data, which could end up in the hands of foreign governments.

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India Releases Draft Non-Personal Data Governance Framework

Hunton Privacy

On July 13, 2020, a Committee of Experts within India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“the Committee”) published the first draft of a Non-Personal Data Governance Framework for India for public consultation. address privacy concerns, including from re-identification of anonymized personal data.

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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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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)