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Many jurisdictions are tightening their data protection regulations from 2017 onwards. While China’s Cyber Security Law and EU’s General Data Protection Regulation will come into force from 1 June 2017 and 25 May 2018 respectively, the Australian Government has established a Notifiable Data Breaches scheme which will commence on 22 February 2018 to ensure that affected individuals are notified about serious data breaches.

Alexander Shepherd, Partner, Lisa Vanderwal, Special Counsel, and Clarice Yue, Of Counsel of Bird & Bird, shared with members the key implications of data protection developments in EU countries, Australia and Mainland China for multinational businesses in Hong Kong. Sandra Liu, Senior Legal Counsel, Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong (PCPD), also briefed members on the latest developments in personal data privacy protection and PCPD's recent initiatives undertaken to connect with these overseas data protection authorities.

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