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On January 7, 2024, China’s Cyberspace Administration (“CAC”) closed the public consultation period for its new cybersecurity incident reporting rules, which were released in December. If the draft rules are adopted as written, companies would be required to report certain cybersecurity incidents to the relevant Chinese regulator within one hour. The relevant regulator depends on the nature of the IT system compromised, the industry, and other factors and may be the local CAC, the public…

Upcoming amendments to the Japanese Telecommunications Business Act are intended to bring more foreign companies within the scope of the Act. This will lead to more foreign entities in the telecommunications space having to take measures with the competent Japanese authorities, and have certain new specific obligations imposed upon them, such as the obligation to report serious incidents, and keep user communications secret. Application of the Telecommunications Business Act to foreign corporations On February 28,…

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…