Archive:August 2025

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Australian Privacy Law Reform Tranche 2: The Time for Conversation is Over
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China’s New DPO Registration Requirement: What You Need to Know

Australian Privacy Law Reform Tranche 2: The Time for Conversation is Over

By: Cameron Abbott, Rob Pulham, and Stephanie Mayhew

Tranche 2 of the Australian Privacy Act reforms is expected soon (perhaps imminently), following comments from the new attorney general in the media that suggested the time for conversation and for lobbying is over. The attorney general noted in an interview last month on Sky News that the highly anticipated “second tranche” of Australian privacy law reform is coming, saying “Australians are sick and tired of their personal data being exploited” and “not being protected,” and that “we will not have our privacy reforms dictated by multinational tech giants.”

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China’s New DPO Registration Requirement: What You Need to Know

By: Amigo Xie, Dan Wu and Sarah Kwong

On 18 July 2025, China’s Cyberspace Administration (CAC) officially launched its online portal (Portal) for registration of China Data Protection Officers (China DPO). This operationalizes the requirements under Article 52 of the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL).

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