APAC Privacy Law Update: Cross Border Transfers

With a range of new regulations, tools and projects underway, Information Governance ANZ were pleased to host a virtual forum with updates on the latest data privacy developments across the Asia Pacific region. This interactive session was facilitated by Susan Bennett, Founder of InfoGovANZ and our special guests included: NZ Privacy Commissioner – John Edwards Senior Research Fellow, Asian Business Law Institute – Dr Clarisse Girot Director, Simply Privacy – Daimhin Warner New Zealand’s Privacy Act 2020 comes into force on 1 December 2020 and introduces new limitations on cross-border transfers. Commissioner Edwards spoke about the new legislation and provided a brief history of the Act since 1993. It applies across the economy (both public and private sector organisations), is based on the 1980 OECD data protection principles and is technology-neutral. He noted the Act has remained largely unamended during the intervening decades. New Zealand received an ‘adequacy ruling’ by […]