Data Privacy in APAC – comparative review on cross-border transfers

In June, ABLI published an important comparative study on the laws and regulations relating to personal data transfers in Asia. We are heartened to see this comparative study widely disseminated and used in all national and supra-national forums where data transfer issues are discussed. The write-up of that study was supported by a comparative table of the various provisions relating to these transfers in 14 APAC jurisdictions, which we have made freely available for the benefit of all. We are pleased to announce that this table was updated on 20 November to take into account multiple recent developments that took place in the legal systems of several of those jurisdictions, including the release for comments of the draft Personal Data Protection Law of China, the entry into force of the new Privacy Act of New Zealand, the amendments made to the Personal Information Protection Act and the Network Act of […]