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June 2023
European Commission and ASEAN releases Guide to ASEAN Model Contractual Clauses and EU Standard Contractual Clauses
Introduction
To enable international businesses to comply with cross-border personal data transfers and the relevant laws across the European Union (EU) and South-East Asia, on 24 May 2023 the European Commission and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations…
The ICO urges organisations to start using privacy enhancing technologies to share personal data safely, securely and anonymously
On 19 June 2023, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (the ICO) published guidance on privacy enhancing technologies (or PETs) (the Guidance). The Guidance sits alongside the ICO’s recommendation that organisations should, if they haven’t already, start using PETs…
Texas enacts comprehensive privacy law
On June 13, 2023, the Texas Governor signed HB4, making Texas the tenth state to have a comprehensive privacy law, joining California, Colorado, Connecticut, Montana, Virginia, and Utah (all in effect or going into effect in 2023), Montana and…
Singapore contributes to the development of accessible AI testing and accountability methodology with the launch of the AI Verify Foundation and AI Verify Testing Tool
On 7 June 2023, at the ATxAISummit, Singapore launched the AI Verify Foundation, which aims to “harness the collective power and contributions of the global open source community” in order to develop the AI Verify testing tool for the responsible…
New commitments in principle regarding UK to USA data transfer mechanism
On 8 June 2023, the UK Secretary of State for Science, Innovation, and Technology and the US Secretary of Commerce issued a joint Statement confirming that the UK and the USA have committed in principle to establishing a “data bridge”…
Privacy notices – the ICO follows the lead of the EU data protection authorities in their interpretation of Article 13 UK GDPR
Introduction
On 15 May, the ICO published the monetary penalty notice (MPN) in relation to the £12.7 million fine it imposed on TikTok in April. This MPN and its accompanying annexes set out details of TikTok’s non-compliance with…