Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On April 8, 2021, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton Andrews Kurth submitted comments in response to the Ministry of Public Security (“MPS”) of Vietnam’s Draft Decree on Personal Data Protection (“Draft Decree”). The Draft Decree was published on the MPS website on February 9, [Read More…]
Medical Dialogues reports: New Delhi: Alleging breach of privacy and confidentiality by a psychiatrist, the 19-year-old patient has approached the Delhi High Court stating the absence of grievance redressal mechanism in Delhi under the Mental Health Care Act, 2017. The patient had been under the treatment of the psychiatrist at [Read More…]
Hiroto Imai, Mizue Kakiuchi, and Eva-Marie Koenig of Hogan Lovells write: On 24 March 2021, the Japanese government released the effective dates of substantial amendments to the Japanese Act on the Protection of Personal Information (“APPI”) that had been announced in June 2020, requiring companies to take certain additional measures to [Read More…]
From the office of the Privacy Commissioner of New Zealand, this recent decision and case note: A man complained that his neighbour had installed a security camera aimed at the back gate of his property, which made him feel intimidated. Section 27 The man’s complaint raised issues under section 27 [Read More…]