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Privacy alert

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia
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  • June 5 2013

Five years after the ALRC recommended that mandatory data breach notification obligations be included in Australian privacy laws, the Privacy

Singapore Parliament passes Personal Data Protection Act

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Singapore
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  • December 21 2012

The Singapore Parliament recently passed the long-awaited Personal Data Protection Bill ("PDPA") after its third reading

Taiwan's new Personal Data Protection Act becomes effective on October 1, 2012

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Taiwan
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  • October 1 2012

Taiwan's new Personal Data Protection Act ("PDPA") becomes effective on October 1, 2012, while two controversial articles remain pending

Mexico publishes regulations to the federal Data Protection Law

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Mexico
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  • January 25 2012

On July 5th, 2010, The Mexican Ministry of the Interior (the "Ministry") published the Mexican Federal Law for the Protection of Personal Data in Control of Private Persons (the "Data Protection Law" or the "Law"), which became in force on July 6, 2010

Malaysia

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Malaysia
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  • February 25 2013

Personal Data Protection Act came into force on 1 January 2013 - The Personal Data Protection Act ("PDPA"), a law passed by the Malaysian Parliament

Draft EU-Regulation on personal data: toward a reinforcement of the obligations?

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • European Union
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  • February 4 2013

This past January 10th, the rapporteur of the draft Regulation on the Protection of Personal Data, Mr. Jan Albrecht, presented his report and its

Spanish DPA imposes fines for data breach involving gym members

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Spain
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  • December 5 2012

The Spanish Data Protection Authority (DPA) in Resolution No 008062012 has fined a gym for a data breach violation involving personal data of its members

Maryland federal court refuses to enforce poorly drafted forum selection clause

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • USA
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  • April 6 2010

In a case that serves as a lesson for drafting forum selection clauses, on 23 February 2010, the US District Court for the District of Maryland determined in Micro Focus, Inc. v. Bell Canada that it could not enforce a forum selection clause that was “nonsensical”

Global action taken against global Microsoft Imposter telemarketing scam

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia, Canada, Global, USA
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  • September 28 2012

Joint action between the ACMA, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Canadian Radio television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has led to court orders being obtained against US-based and India-based parties involved in the global 'Microsoft Imposter' phone scam

Data protection law in Malaysia

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Malaysia
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  • October 25 2010

Malaysia will soon, for the first time, have specific privacy legislation with the passage of the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (PDPA