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  16/01/2025

  APAC Region

  Understanding Vietnam's Data Law: Key Objectives and Business Implications

  Vietnam's new Law on Data (“Data Law”), passed on 30 November 2024, will take effect on 1 July 2025. The law regulates both personal and non-personal data, similar to the Chinese Data Security Law (“Chinese Data Law”). Vietnam’s Law represents a significant milestone in regulating Vietnam's digital environment.Comparison with Vietnam’s Personal Data Protection LawThe Data Law regulates digital data, data products, and services, applying to both domestic and foreign entities in Vietnam, as well as offshore entities engaged in Vietnam's digital data activities....

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  15/01/2025

  England and Wales

  The Online Safety Act: Outlook for 2025

  The Online Safety Act 2023 (“OSA”), which sets out new laws aimed at protecting children and adults online, received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023, however 2025 will be the year that most of its provisions come into force. The OSA places new obligations and duties on user-to-user (including social media) and online search platforms, including requiring them to implement systems and processes to reduce the risk of such services being used in a way that is illegal or harmful for users.Although the OSA was enacted in 2023, many of its provisions are not yet in force and are awaiting...

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  14/01/2025

  United Kingdom

  Copyright and AI: how is the UK government proposing to strike a balance between the creative industries and AI sector?

  On 17 December 2024, the UK government published a new consultation on copyright and artificial intelligence (“AI”), seeking views on how to ensure the legal framework in the UK for copyright and AI can support both the creative industries and the AI sector.This is the third consultation on AI and intellectual property (“IP”) in the last five years. The 2020 call for views covered patents, copyright and related rights, designs, trade marks and trade secrets. Based on the response to that call for views, the UK government decided to consult further, in 2021, on how AI should...

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  14/01/2025

  Indien

  India seeks views on Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules

  The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MEIT”) has released a draft of the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (“Draft Rules”) under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (“Act”). The MEIT is currently seeking public feedback and comments on the Draft Rules by 18 February 2025 (“Consultation”).We summarise the key Draft Rules below.A. Key DefinitionsRule 2 of the Draft Rules states that unless otherwise required by the context, the definitions within the Act apply to the Draft Rules. This includes the following key...

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  07/01/2025

  Singapur

  Singapore International Arbitration Centre releases SIAC Rules 2025

  The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”) recently unveiled the 7th edition of its Arbitration Rules, which came into effect on January 1, 2025. This update follows extensive consultation with a diverse group of stakeholders, including arbitration practitioners, businesses, in-house counsel, government representatives, and academics.The 7th edition Arbitration Rules of the SIAC (the “SIAC Rules 2025”) serves as an update to the existing SIAC Rules 2016 (the “SIAC Rules 2016”) and can be found here. This article highlights the key updates in the...

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  23/12/2024

  United Kingdom

  A busy winter for Ofcom: Consultations on connected TV platforms and radio licence renewals

  On 11 December 2024, Ofcom opened two key consultations, marking another step in its roadmap of implementation for the Media Act 2024 (the “Act”). These consultations focus on the designation of television selection services and the renewal of local commercial radio licences.Designation of Television Selection ServicesOn 5 December 2024, Ofcom released their market update on connected TV platforms,   examining the role of connected TV platforms as digital content gateways. We’ve evaluated the market update in this article here.Following the market update, Ofcom are continuing...

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