The rapid development of data protection laws across the Asia-Pacific region indicates significant movement toward certain standards, albeit with notable local policy variations across multiple areas. Our Asia-Pacific Data,...more
The 2020 amendment to the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (“APPI”) stipulates that the APPI must be reviewed every three years — the time for a review has arrived. In the past, since its enactment in 2003, major...more
On 3 August 2021, Japan's Personal Information Protection Commission (“PPC”) published its long-awaited Guidelines on amendments enacted in 2020 (the “2020 amendments”) to Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information...more
The unprecedented challenges of the COVID‑19 pandemic are still with us, not only in terms of the grim toll the virus has taken on individuals and families, but also in terms of wider implications for how people and societies...more
4/14/2021
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The Japanese government has released the effective dates of substantial amendments to the Japanese Act on the Protection of Personal Information (“APPI”). The revised Act will fully come into effect on 1 April 2022. ...more
Whilst political uncertainty may have businesses’ attention fixed, the Hogan Lovells Global Survey on Digital Regulation: ‘A Turning Point for Tech’ suggests that tech companies should be looking elsewhere. During yesterday’s...more
10/31/2019
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