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Irish enforcement marks birthday of EU’s landmark GDPR, as China ponders privacy directions
29 May 2020 12:00 am
Duration: 15:43
The decision by Ireland’s privacy regulator to take on Twitter marks an important moment in the history of the EU’s landmark GDPR privacy legislation, with the matter now in the hands of other European privacy watchdogs for their input. The case is significant because it tells us as much about how such investigations will be managed in the future as it does about Twitter’s alleged privacy breach. Meanwhile, China’s top legislative and advisory bodies have renewed calls for greater privacy safeguards, just as Beijing is considering two pieces of legislation designed to achieve just that.
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James Panichi Senior Editor, Asia Pacific

James, an Australian journalist with over 25 years’ experience in print and electronic media, is spearheading MLex’s coverage of regulatory risk in Australia and New Zealand. In 2016, James was appointed as MLex’s managing editor for continental Europe, overseeing the Brussels bureau’s coverage of EU regulatory affairs and managing a team of 16 journalists in Brussels and Geneva. Previously James worked for the European Voice newspaper, before joining the European operation of US political website... Read more
Vesela Gladicheva Senior Correspondent

Vesela reports on topics including telecom regulation, privacy, cybersecurity and copyright, focusing on EU regulatory and legal risk in the telecoms, media and technology (TMT) sectors. She holds a Master's degree in journalism from City University London, and works in English, Spanish, French and Bulgarian.
Xu Yuan Correspondent, Hong Kong

Xu Yuan has an MA in Journalism from the University of Hong Kong, and majored in English Literature and Linguistics at Peking University. She has worked in the Beijing bureau of NBC News, as well as at Asia Pacific Vision Limited and Fleishman Hillard International Communications.