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1 LegalTech Asia DATA PRIVACY LAWS UPDATE Edward Chatterton 4 March 2013

2 Agenda and Introduction 1. International data protection landscape – trends 3. Asia Pacific Data Privacy Heat Map and recent developments 4. Why it is relevant to Law firms and their IT Departments 5. Compliance Building Blocks 6. DLA Piper - Data Privacy Laws of the World 23 August 2012 Data Protection Master Class 2

3 No. of countries with privacy laws Time Period The growth of global privacy laws 3

4 Asia Pacific Heat Map Date of presentation Insert filename here 4 Heat MapRecent Highlights Hong Kong – new amendment ordinance passed in June, to come into force in phases starting from 1 October, major provisions coming into force on 1 April 2013 Philippines – 1 st DP law recently passed influenced EU Directive the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Information Privacy Framework. South Korea – new (and draconian) law came into force in September 2011 Malaysia – 1 st DP law passed in April 2010, still awaiting to come into force Singapore – 1 st DP law now passed. Bill published Vietnam – consumer protection law (which protects consumer data) took effect July 2011 Taiwan – new DP act to come into force 1 Oct 2012 (in parts)

5 Why it matters to Law firms and their IT departments? Law Firms often/always …  Collect customer, employee, supplier, agents… information and store these in centralised marketing databases  Transfer personal data across international borders  Hire employees  Use or process personal data  Transfer personal data to others  Outsource HR and payroll functions to others either within or ourside their corporate group  Provide Consolidated IT services to service multinational practices across separate country based partnerships  Outsource data management functions to others (e.g. cloud)?  Do direct marketing 5

6 … at your own risk  Increasing regulation  Criminal prosecution  Imprisonment  Fines  Reputational damage  Civil actions  Regulatory investigation  Enforcement actions 6

7 Compliance building blocks International transfer restrictions Data security Records management Training 7 Audit/verification Third party vendors Individuals' rights Customer data Governance and enforceability DPA Notifications/ registrations Transparency Legitimate processing On-line data HR data Accountability Privacy by design

8 What compliance might look like…… 8 Policies and procedures Statement of requirements DPA notifications Global data protection policy Governance and accountability HR Client data Direct marketing Records management Electronic usage Security Social media Vendors Cookie CCTV Executive buy-in Data transfer agreement Training and awareness Verification and audit country variations Generic code of conduct Statement of good practice Local law compliance on top of this Sets structure for other components Data Protection Master Class 23 August 2012

9 We already know what the law says…. 9 Data Protection Master Class 23 August 2012

10 Thank you


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