Archive:October 2023

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Australia’s Privacy Framework set to be Revamped Following the Government’s Response to the Privacy Act Review Report
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California Proposes Cybersecurity Requirements for Businesses
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China Will Issue Safe Harbor Rules to Facilitate Cross-Border Data Flow
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UK Government Approves Adequacy of UK-US Data Bridge

Australia’s Privacy Framework set to be Revamped Following the Government’s Response to the Privacy Act Review Report

By: Cameron Abbott, Rob Pulham, Stephanie Mayhew,and Maddy Bassal

Last week the federal Government released its response (the Response) to the recommendations proposed by the AGD’s Privacy Act Review Report released in February 2023 (the Report).

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California Proposes Cybersecurity Requirements for Businesses

By: Eric Vicente Flores, Avril Love, and Whitney McCollum

In recognition of Cybersecurity Awareness Month in the US, we will be bringing awareness to relevant 2023 cybersecurity updates each week.

On 28 August, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) published draft regulations regarding risk assessments and cybersecurity audits for consideration at the Board’s September meeting. The draft regulations precede the formal rulemaking process, but provide insight into CPPA’s current priorities.

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China Will Issue Safe Harbor Rules to Facilitate Cross-Border Data Flow

By Amigo L. Xie and Dan Wu

On 28 September 2023, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) released draft Provisions on Regulating and Facilitating Cross-Border Data Flow (in Chinese) for a public comment period ending on 15 October 2023.1

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UK Government Approves Adequacy of UK-US Data Bridge

By Claude-Étienne Armingaud and Nóirín McFadden

The UK Government has laid adequacy regulations before Parliament that, once in force from 12 October 2023, will permit use of the UK – US “Data Bridge” as a safeguard for personal data transfers from the UK to the US under Article 44 UK GDPR.

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