[DNA] Asia Data Law Exchange Seminar

On Tuesday, 8 July, Drew Network Asia (DNA) hosted a fully subscribed half-day hybrid seminar, Asia Data Law Exchange, which featured 10 speakers and attendees from across #ASEAN, #Australia, #China, #HongKong, #India, #SriLanka, and the #UnitedStates.

It was an incredible afternoon of thought-provoking discussions, knowledge-sharing, and networking as we explored the evolving landscape of data protection, privacy, and cybersecurity across Asia, showcasing a collaborative expertise of our DNA lawyers, Directors Chong Kin Lim, David N. Alfred, and Anastasia Su-Anne Chen, from Drew & Napier LLC, #Singapore; Partner Irene Yong from Shearn Delamore & Co., #Malaysia; and Partner Nopparat Lalitkomon and Counsel Waewpen Piemwichai from Tilleke & Gibbins, #Thailand and #Vietnam, respectively. 

hashtag#India, and Sun Hee Kim from hashtag#SouthKorea for their invaluable contributions. 

Here are the key takeaways from the seminar:

1️ In the Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules System and Singapore's New Data Protection Trust Mark Standard session, David unpacked the developments and the potential impact and opportunities for companies to streamline their compliance efforts for data protection and cross-border data transfers; 

2️ In the Global Privacy Management: ASEAN Rising panel session, Anastasia alongside Irene, Nopparat, and Waewpen illuminated emerging regulations and shared about the critical timelines, key requirements and practical measures to ensure your organisation is prepared for these changes; and

3️ In the Global Privacy Management: Perspectives Across Asia panel session, the experienced set of legal and data privacy professionals highlighted the developments in data privacy laws in China, India, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia, including data beaches and enforcement trends, managing cross-border data transfers, and privacy management in the region.

#privacy #Cybersecurity #crossborder #datatransfers #DrewNetworkAsia #AsiaandBeyond