New Mexico, one of the last holdouts in the move to state data breach notification requirements, has enacted its own data breach notification law, which will take effect on June 16, 2017 (i.e., 90 days after the adjournment of the New Mexico Legislature on March 18, 2017). Governor Susana Martinez signed the “Data Breach Notification
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More Money, More Worries? Stored Value Facility Licensing Requirements and Privacy Concerns
By Gabriela Kennedy on
Computer and Telecommunications Law Review has published Gabriela Kennedy’s article on a statement issued by the Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner (PC) setting out advice on the collection of personal data by Stored Value Facilities (SVF) operators, as the first five stored value facility licenses were granted by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) under the…
China Releases Draft Voluntary Information Security Standards for Public Comment
By Gabriela Kennedy on
On 21 December 2016, China’s National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee (NISSTC) released a set of draft information security standards (the “Standards”) for public comment. The Standards include several individual documents covering: i) personal information, ii) cybersecurity, iii) big data, iv) certain devices, and vi) industrial control systems. Even though the Standards are voluntary and…