With the anticipated publication of the European General Data Protection Regulation in 2016, multi-national companies are beginning to assess how the new Regulation will affect their global data protection and privacy compliance programs.
The SEC’s ongoing battle against cybersecurity issues continued this week. On September 22, 2015, the SEC sanctioned registered investment adviser R.T. Jones Capital Equities Management, Inc. for failing to adopt written policies and procedures reasonably designed to safeguard consumer information in violation of the SEC’s Safeguards Rule (Rule 30(a) of Regulation S-P).
On 3 September 2015, extensive amendments were introduced to the law in Japan which deals with the protection of personal information, “The Act on the Protection of Personal Information”.
China’s draft Cybersecurity Law sets out a framework for China’s cybersecurity regime, responding to the needs set out in the National Security Law to ensure “safe and controllable” systems and data security in critical infrastructure.
Members of the IT/C Group of the German Offices of Baker & McKenzie have contributed to the recently…
The Government of Canada has amended the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”), which generally governs…
Draft bill creates additional obligations to protect networks and facilities, and ASIO is intended to have a “key role” in implementing security On 26 June 2015, the Attorney-General and Minister for Communication released the government’s proposal for security reforms in the telecommunications sector in the form of a draft of…
The Hungarian Parliament has recently adopted an amendment (Act No CXXIX of 2015) to the Information Act that…
The German parliament, the Bundestag, has adopted the new IT Security Act. It requires operators of critical infrastructures…
International criminals are targeting staff of SMEs and multinational companies with money transfer authority in what the US Federal Bureau of Investigation are calling the “Business Email Compromise” (BEC) scam. Introduction Imagine you are a member of a finance team in a Hong Kong company. You receive an email from…