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New data protection rules in South Korea

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On 15 March 2024, an amended Enforcement Decree for South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Act came into effect. ...more

BakerHostetler

DSIR Deeper Dive: Absent Legislation, Privacy Regulators Offer Guidance on AI

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By now, many of us are using AI, advising others about how to use AI, and waiting for some legislative miracle to give us some guardrails for what we can or cannot be doing with AI. A lot of effort has been put into tracking...more

White & Case LLP

AI Legal News Summer Roundup: Edition 3

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Welcome to the third edition of our AI Legal News Summer Roundup! After five class actions were filed between June 28 and July 11 (as reported on in our first edition of this series), on July 21, another class action lawsuit...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

European Commission Adopts Korean Adequacy Decision

The European Commission recently adopted an adequacy decision regarding the Republic of Korea’s data protection laws. As a result of this decision, personal data can freely flow between the EEA and South Korea without the...more

Butler Snow LLP

International Privacy Laws and Clinical Trials

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Recent developments in international privacy laws have complicated the conduct of clinical trials outside of the United States. Since the privacy law of the European Union – the General Data Protection Regulation or “GDPR” –...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

South Korea Taking Steps To Secure Data Transfer Blessing From EU

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Local data protection representative – the South Korea version. “South Korea updated its Act on the Promotion of IT Network Use and Information Protection (Network Act) in December 2018. Starting March 19, the law will...more

King & Spalding

Proposed Changes to South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Act

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On November 2018, the South Korean National Assembly considered a bill to amend the Personal Information Protection Act (“PIPA”) to give the Personal Information Protection Commission (“PIPC”) enforcement powers of its own....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #143 - North Korea/U.S. Summit Gift Bags Remind us of Dangers of USB Devices

The Singapore summit was the focus of news stories this week. The media descended on Singapore to capture all of the news. When journalists started posting pictures of the contents of the gift bags that they were given at the...more

McGuireWoods LLP

A First Step from South Korea Towards an Adequacy Finding with EU Commission

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In early 2017, the EU Commission published a communication about “Exchanging and Protecting Personal Data in a Globalized World” in which the EU Commission prioritizes discussions on possible adequacy decision with key...more

Hogan Lovells

South Korea Joins APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules System

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On Monday, June 12, South Korea became the latest country approved to officially join the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s (APEC) Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) system. It is the fifth APEC economy to participate in...more

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A Primer on Russia’s New Data Localization Law

Privacy and data security professionals worldwide should circle September 1 on their calendars, as it’s the day Russia’s new data localization law goes into effect – and possibly generates major waves far beyond Russian...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Amendment to the Personal Information Protection Act Passed in the National Assembly July 6, 2015

On July 6, 2015, the Korean National Assembly passed a bill containing several amendments to the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA). This bill (the Amendment Bill) combines a number of major provisions from nine...more

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