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All You Need to Know about Spain’s New Trade Secrets Act
Earlier this year, the Spanish Senate approved a new Trade Secrets Act (TSA) which came into force on 13 March 2019. The act was a delayed transposition into Spanish law of the EU Directive 2016/943 on Trade Secrets which aims…
How Data Loss Prevention can help with APPI compliance
Earlier this year, Japan became the first country to earn an adequacy decision from the European Commission after the enforcement of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This means that the Commission has…
All You Need to Know about Singapore’s PDPA
Singapore adopted its Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) way back in 2012 before the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) made its appearance on the legal stage. It came into full force on 2 July 2014 and governs…
GDPR: Year One
On Saturday, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) crossed the one year mark, celebrating its first anniversary since it came into force on 25 May 2018. Today therefore we’ll be looking at its impact both in the…
How Data Loss Prevention can help with CCPA Compliance
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has emerged as a blueprint for data protection regulations in the US. Itself inspired by the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the CCPA adapted the new international…
The Thailand Personal Data Protection Act: What We Know So Far
Thailand is the latest country to take definitive steps towards the adoption of data protection legislation. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) created a ripple effect across the world, with…
All You Need to Know about SOX Compliance
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, more commonly known as SOX or Sarbox, is a US law that aims to protect investors from accounting fraud, particularly in relation to publicly traded companies. Named after the two congressmen…
All You Need to Know about Germany’s New Trade Secrets Act
The new German Trade Secrets Act reforms the way confidential know-how and business information is protected in the country.
Data theft and data leakage represent a serious threat not only for personal data; in our time these…
All You Need to Know about HIPAA Compliance
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was originally passed by the US Congress in 1996 during the Clinton administration and while its primary purpose was to allow workers to carry forward insurance…
Data Protection Regulations in Latin America
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has created a domino effect across the world as its biggest trade partners rushed to align their existing data protection legislations to its strict requirements or passed…