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Malindo Air, Thai Lion Air suffer ‘huge’ data breaches

18 Sep 2019 12:39 pm by Ben Lucas

Lion Air Group subsidiaries Malindo Air and Thai Lion Air have both suffered data breaches resulting in large amounts of customers' personal details being leaked online.
- Data Privacy & Security
- Asia
State interests, not company priorities, determine 'important data,' Chinese official says

06 Jan 2020 12:34 pm by Xu Yuan

Data referred to as "important" under China's data-protection regime, which is subject to scrutiny before being exported, is evaluated against its importance to the country, not its importance to businesses or individuals, a Chinese cybersecurity official said.
- Data Privacy & Security
- Asia
CCPA presents regulatory concerns for companies in Seoul but could lead to changes in South Korean privacy law

12 Mar 2020 12:44 pm by Hyung-jo Choi

South Korean companies targeting the US market are likely to feel the regulatory tremors created by the new privacy law in California, especially those in the gaming and IT industries, sectors where the US market is perhaps the most lucrative.
Facial recognition takes off in China, leaving regulators to play catch-up

18 Nov 2019 12:42 pm by Xu Yuan

From entertainment to payment services, facial recognition technology is gaining popularity in China and has been adopted by both state law-enforcement agencies and commercial practices. Yet regulation of the technology’s serious security implications has been slow to catch up.
- Data Privacy & Security
- Asia
Platforms should be required to turn in ‘doxxing’ offenders, Hong Kong privacy official says

13 Dec 2019 12:34 pm by Xu Yuan

Global online media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter should be required to reveal information on users that engage in “doxxing” if provided with evidence of their behavior by authorities, Hong Kong’s data protection authority has suggested as it seeks to revamp local laws.
- Data Privacy & Security
- Asia
TikTok's global offices targeted in privacy probe by South Korean regulator

14 Jan 2020 12:32 pm by Wooyoung Lee

TikTok, a video-sharing app service run by ByteDance, is expected to receive a request soon from the South Korean communications regulator for information about how the service handles personal information of South Korean users as part of an ongoing probe into the service's personal-information management, MLex has learned.
- Data Privacy & Security
- Asia
India privacy proposal remains source of legal uncertainty, Intel exec says

14 Mar 2019 12:35 pm by Vesela Gladicheva

Much about a proposed data privacy law for India drafted by government-appointed experts is still unclear, causing legal uncertainty on top of concerns about the prospect of hefty fines and prison sentences for violations, an executive at Intel said today.
- Data Privacy & Security
- Asia
Data abuse prosecutions are a distant threat for companies in China, but risks remain

08 Mar 2019 12:31 pm by Xu Yuan

Companies operating in China have so far largely avoided criminal liability for data-related security breaches, despite a deepening police crackdown on such lapses, but the risks associated with data crimes cannot be entirely overlooked, as companies are expected to boost compliance in face of enhanced regulation.
- Data Privacy & Security
- Asia