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I. Introduction The APAC region has been at the vanguard of digitisation, digital innovation, and digital governance.[1] However, differences in legal regimes in the region have meant that any regional or global privacy initiatives such as the APEC Privacy Framework,[2] APEC Cross Border Privacy Rules System (CBPR),[3] or the Osaka Declaration of Digital Economy[4] doRead more

I. Introduction In this post, we examine the data governance framework of Indonesia, from the perspective of: data processing and other obligations imposed on organisations (II);rights guaranteed to individuals (III); rules governing cross-border data flows (IV);the penal and enforcement framework (V); and the exemptions given to state agencies (VI). Part VII concludes. Although the ConstitutionRead more

I. Introduction In this post, we examine the data governance framework of Vietnam. We discuss: grounds of processing data and the obligations imposed on organisations (II);rights guaranteed to individuals (III); rules governing cross-border data flows (IV);the penal and enforcement framework (V); and the exemptions given to state agencies (VI). Part VII concludes. Although the ConstitutionRead more

1. Introduction In the previous post, we examined the data governance framework in Singapore, an active player in the APAC region. In this post, we unpack Japan’s data protection framework, from the perspective of: grounds of processing data and the obligations imposed on organisations (II);rights guaranteed to individuals (III); rules governing cross-border data flows (IV);theRead more

I. Introduction In the previous post, we examined the data governance framework in Australia. In this post, we examine the data governance framework of another country in the APAC region, namely Singapore, from the perspective of: data processing obligations (II);rights guaranteed to individuals (III); rules governing cross-border data flows (IV);the penal and enforcement framework (V);Read more

I. Introduction In the previous post we examined the applicable data governance frameworks in the APAC region, with a specific focus on the Osaka Declaration. The success of the Osaka Declaration depends on different APAC countries adopting a common framework of data governance rules. In this post, we examine the data governance framework in Australia,Read more