Data Privacy

21Jul2022

Data Breach Case Study: Data loss risk in our physical environment

“Human factors always play a significant role in data breaches.” These simple but wise words resonated in our review of a recent investigation report published by the Privacy Commissioner in Hong Kong on 13 June 2022 regarding the loss of physical files containing sensitive personal…Read More

09Jun2022

Legal update: New recommended model clauses for cross-border transfer of personal data

In this snapshot legal update, we report that on 12 May 2022 the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (“PCPD”) published new guidance on recommended model contractual clauses for cross-border transfers of personal data (“Model Contractual Clauses Guidance”). This supplements prior guidance published by the PCPD…Read More

19Oct2021

Anatomy of a data breach response

Information security is mission critical for businesses today. Data management has attracted increasingly more attention from privacy regulators, with enforcement actions leading to significant fines. Businesses are acutely aware of the adverse impact and bad reputation that can come from poor data management. Information security…Read More

18May2020

STOs: The What, Why, Who and How

Contents Part 1: What are security tokens? What is a token? A token is a digital asset that represents rights in respect of an application built on a blockchain protocol. The owner of the token has the ability to access, use, receive the benefit of…Read More