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Cloud service providers looking to capitalise on increased demand from the financial sector need to be aware of the risks and issues that come with the territory. Providers need to be sensitive to the specific needs of financial sector customers in order to build successful relationships with this diverse and often sophisticated user base. The regulatory landscape in the jurisdictions where the customer operates is a key consideration. Cloud service providers seeking to serve the…

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,…

While the EU is driving ahead towards comprehensive, rules-based regulation of artificial intelligence (AI), other jurisdictions like the UK have been holding back, adopting a sector-specific principles-based approach to governing AI. Recent announcements by the Australian Government suggest that the antipodean jurisdiction will take a middle road, with the government acknowledging that additional mandatory safeguards are required for “high-risk” AI applications but contemplating more flexibility in lower-risk contexts. In 2023, the Australian Government conducted a…

28 January 2023 is Data Protection Day (or Data Privacy Day outside of Europe), which marks the anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108. To mark Data Protection Day 2023, Baker McKenzie’s Global Data Privacy and Security Team is pleased to present this special edition update of key data protection and privacy developments and trends across the globe, as well summarising future legislative changes, predictions, and enforcement priorities to look out for during 2023.…

Friday 28 January 2022 is Data Protection Day (or Data Privacy Day outside of Europe), which marks the anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108. To mark Data Protection Day 2022, our Global Data Privacy and Security Team have provided a roundup of key trends and developments across the globe from a data protection perspective as well as looking ahead to what to expect in 2022. There are new laws and developments to keep…

Contact tracing apps have become a new weapon in our arsenal as we battle COVID-19. But not everyone sees eye-to-eye on these apps and different jurisdictions are taking divergent approaches. What are contact tracing apps? Contact tracing apps are applications which keep track of an individual smartphone user’s real-life interactions with, or proximity to, other smartphone users (the individual’s contacts). Their primary aim is to ensure that – if the individual is suspected or confirmed…

The concept of data portability has been of increasing interest in APAC countries. This is partly influenced by data portability provisions in the GDPR. However, scoping and implementing data portability rights in practice is proving challenging. Here is a snapshot of differing and developing approaches.In Thailand, the right to data portability has been incorporated into the new Personal Data Protection Act, which will come into effect in May 2020. In India, the right to data…

On December 17, 2019, The Australian Human Rights Commission unveiled a Discussion Paper on Human Rights and Technology, which includes draft proposals to prevent discrimination driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and intrusive facial recognition. This follows the recent rejection of the Australian Government’s proposed facial recognition legislation by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) due to privacy concerns. The discussion paper proposes a National Strategy on New and Emerging Technologies for Australia to help…