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Celebrating Data Privacy Day 2024

January 29, 2024 by Anne-Marie Allgrove, Anne Petterd, Adrian Lawrence, Toby Patten, Caitlin Whale, Liz Grimwood-Taylor, Zhenyu Ruan, Michael Wang, Marcia Lee, Dominic Edmondson, Jennifer Lau, Daniel Pardede, Adhika Wiyoso, Wiku Anindito, Bimo Harimahesa, Kensaku Takase, Daisuke Tatsuno, Andre Gan, Trishelea Sandosam, Bienvenido A. Marquez III, Divina Ilas-Panganiban, Ken Chia, Victoria Wong, H. Henry Chang, Louis Hsieh, Pattaraphan Paiboon, Kritiyanee Buranatrevedhya, Manh Hung Tran, Huyen Minh Nguyen, Huu Tuan Nguyen, Maher Ghalloussi, Dr Lukas Feiler, Beat Koenig, Alexander Hofmann, Elisabeth Dehareng, Caroline Serbanescu, Milena Hoffmanová, Lenka Bešťáková, Dusan Hlavaty, Magalie Dansac Le Clerc, Prof. Dr. Michael Schmidl, Matthias Scholz, Michaela Nebel, Florian Tannen, Simone (Bach) Rieken LL.M., Ines K. Radmilovic, Dr. Csaba Vári, Francesca Gaudino, Annie Elfassi, Kyllian Talbourdet, Remke Scheepstra, Nathalja Doing, Radoslaw Nozykowski, Marcin Fialka, Martyna Czapska, Jakub Falkowski, Janet McKenzie, Fatima Ismail, Patricia Pérez, Pablo Uslé, Peder Oxhammar, Margarita Kozlov, William Höglund, Alessandro Celli, Johanna Moesch (Mösch), Can Sozer, Ecem Elver, Oleksiy Stolyarenko, Dmytro Skydan, Khrystyna Oleniuk, Vinod Bange, Benjamin Slinn, Robbie Downing, Ian Walden, Tamara Mackay-Temesy, Guillermo José Cervio, Roberto Grane, Martin Roth, Valentina Biondi Grane, Catalina Benatena, Flavia Rebello, Ludmila Lago, Theo Ling, Conrad Flaczyk, Nadia Rauf, Diego Ferrada, Carolina Pardo, Carlos Arboleda, Carlos Vela-Trevino, Daniel Villanueva-Plasencia, Paulina Bojalil, Teresa Tovar, Brian Hengesbaugh, Cynthia Cole, Lothar Determann, Justine Phillips, Rachel Ehlers, Helena Engfeldt, Jonathan Tam, Cristina Messerschmidt, Maria Eugenia Salazar-Furiati and Hector Martinez 2 Mins Read

28 January 2024 is Data Protection Day (or Data Privacy Day outside of Europe), which marks the anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108. Data Privacy Day encourages the global community to think about the importance of respecting privacy, safeguarding data, and enabling trust. In an increasingly connected and digitized world, where data protection, privacy and cybersecurity regulation are rapidly evolving, the work of the global data community is more vital, and more challenging,…

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Key Takeaways From India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023

On August 9, India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 (“DPDP Bill”) passed both houses of the Indian Parliament and now awaits Presidential assent. In 2017, India’s Supreme Court mandated that privacy is a fundamental human right. Since that time, India has been working to pass data protection legislation. The DPDP Bill is India’s fifth draft of the bill. The DPDP Bill only applies to the processing of digital personal data in India, where the personal…

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European Commission adopts “adequacy” decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”)

On July 10, 2023, the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”). US companies that participate in the DPF will be deemed to provide “adequate protection” under Article 45 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) for personal data transfers received from the European Union (“EU”) and European Economic Area (“EEA”). Why did the EC need to adopt the adequacy decision for the DPF? As we have previously written, the…

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US Government Announces Full Implementation of New Privacy Safeguards under Executive Order 14086: The Path is Now Cleared for the European Commission to Adopt the Adequacy Decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

The US Office of the Director of National Intelligence (“ODNI”) announced today that it has fully implemented new safeguards under Executive Order 14086. See INTEL – ODNI Releases IC Procedures Implementing New Safeguards in Executive Order 14086. These steps clear the path for the European Commission to adopt the draft “adequacy decision” for cross-border data transfers pursuant to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. By way of brief background, in July 2020, the Court of Justice…

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Podcast Episode: Data Privacy Developments in Asia Pacific: What’s the Latest?

July 20, 2022 by Manh Hung Tran and Dominic Edmondson 1 Min Read

In this episode, Manh Hung Tran, head of the Intellectual Property and Technology Practice Group in Vietnam, is joined by Dominic Edmondson, Special Counsel in our IP Tech group based in Hong Kong, as they discuss the latest developments in the data privacy landscape in Asia. Listen in to learn about the wave of new privacy laws across the region and the new sets of requirements that they entail, as well as: How GDPR has…

In Data Privacy

Asia Pacific: Deciphering Data Webinar Series – Key Takeaways

May 20, 2022 by Manh Hung Tran, Zhenyu Ruan, Dominic Edmondson, Kensaku Takase, Alex Toh, Florian Tannen, Paolo Sbuttoni, Sonia Ong, Jo-Fan Yu, Toby Patten, Simone Blackadder and Divina Ilas-Panganiban 9 Mins Read

In March 2022, Baker McKenzie’s Data Privacy & Security Team across offices presented the Asia Pacific edition of Deciphering Data, the Firm’s webinar series that aims to help companies and organizations decode complex developments in data privacy and cybersecurity. Our diverse team of cross-border experts offered their expertise and insight in this webinar series to help you understand the legal lay of the land and prepare for the future of privacy in Asia Pacific and…

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Asia Video Industry Report 2022: Online Gaming Privacy Regulation in Asia Pacific

November 25, 2021 by Dominic Edmondson 5 Mins Read

This article was originally published in the Asia Video Industry Report 2022 by the Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA). To read the full report on their website, please click here. Legal Views: Online Gaming Privacy Regulation in Asia Pacific Covid-19 has accelerated growth in the video game industry, with online games specifically (which include massive multiplayer online games (MMOGs) as well as casual and social games that can be either played directly in an internet…