Japan: Cybersecurity Basic Act Adopted
(Dec. 10, 2014) Recently the vulnerability of Japan’s cybersecurity has been a subject of concern. (Yuriy Humber & Gearoid Reidy, Yahoo Hacks Highlight Cyber Flaws Japan Rushing to Thwart,...
View ArticleEuropean Union: Member States Disagree over Proposed Cybersecurity Directive
(June 12, 2015) A proposal by the European Commission, adopted in 2013, for a Directive on Network and Information Security (NIS) has recently failed to be endorsed by the Council of the European...
View ArticleNetherlands: First Cybersecurity Legislation Submitted to Lower House
(Feb. 22, 2016) On January 21, 2016, the Dutch State Secretary for Security and Justice, Klaas Dijkhoff, submitted draft legislation on cybersecurity, the first of its kind, to the Dutch House of...
View ArticleChina: New Regulation on Police Cybersecurity Supervision and Inspection...
(Nov. 13, 2018) On September 15, 2018, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC or China) issued a new regulation on cybersecurity supervision and inspections by the...
View ArticleJapan: Basic Act on Cybersecurity Amended
(Dec. 26, 2018) The Diet (Japan’s Parliament) recently passed a bill to amend the 2014 Basic Act on Cybersecurity. (Act No. 91 of 2018, KANPOU (official gazette) extra ed. No. 274, at 5 (Dec. 12,...
View ArticleTaiwan: New Cybersecurity Law Takes Effect
(Jan. 30, 2019) On December 5, 2018, Taiwan’s executive branch of government (Executive Yuan) decided that the Information and Communication Security Management Act (enacted by the President on June 6,...
View ArticleChina: Rules on Blockchain-Based Information Services Issued Requiring...
(Feb. 12, 2019) On January 10, 2019, China’s cyberspace information regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), issued the Administrative Provisions on Blockchain Information Services, a...
View ArticleCzech Republic: Government Adopts National Artificial Intelligence Strategy
(June 5, 2019) On May 6, 2019, the Czech government adopted its National Artificial Intelligence [AI] Strategy. (Press Release, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, The Czech Republic...
View ArticleChina: Trade Secret Provisions Under Anti-unfair Competition Law Revised
(June 6, 2019) On April 23, 2019, the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee of the People’s Republic of China (PRC or China) adopted an amendment to the PRC Anti-unfair Competition Law,...
View ArticleIsrael: Central Elections Committee Requires Transparency for Election Ads on...
(July 9, 2019) On February 27, 2019, Israel’s Central Elections Committee, headed by Chairman Hanan Melcer, deputy president of the Supreme Court, accepted a petition filed by two private attorneys...
View ArticleIsrael: Knesset Passes Amendment Law Recognizing Role of National Cyber...
(July 22, 2019) On December 27, 2018, the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) passed an Amendment Law that gives a statutory basis to the unification of the Cyber National Bureau and the National Cyber...
View ArticleEstonia: Government Issues Artificial Intelligence Report
(July 31, 2019) In May 2019 a multidisciplinary group of experts, headed by the Chief Information Officer of Estonia’s government, produced a study on artificial intelligence (AI) that, if accepted by...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: New Resolution Regulating the Use of Information and...
(Oct. 4, 2019) On May 28, 2019, Saudi Arabia’s Council of Ministers issued a new resolution on the use of information and communication technology in government agencies. (Resolution No. 555 of 2019.)...
View ArticleItaly: New Provisions on National Cybersecurity Enter into Force
(Oct. 16, 2019) On September 22, 2019, Decree Law No. 105 of September 21, 2019 (Decreto-Legge 21 settembre 2019, n. 105) (D.L. No. 105), containing urgent provisions on national cybersecurity, entered...
View ArticleChina: Supreme People's Court Interprets Criminal Liabilities of Online...
(Dec. 10, 2019) On October 21, 2019, the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) and Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP, the prosecutor) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC or China) released the...
View ArticleUnited States: Executive Branch Recommends Revocation of China Telecom's...
(Apr. 23, 2020) On April 9, 2020, the executive branch filed a recommendation to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revoke and terminate China Telecom (Americas) Corporation’s authorization...
View ArticleNorway: Government Launches Mobile App to Track and Stem Spread of COVID-19
(May 6, 2020) On April 16, 2020, the Norwegian government launched a smartphone app to track the spread of the coronavirus in Norway. By downloading the app, users voluntarily allow the app to track...
View ArticleItaly: New Omnibus Law Provides for Improved Digital Network Systems,...
(Aug. 13, 2020) On July 17, 2020, Decree Law No. 76 of July 16, 2020 entered into force in Italy, providing for improved digital network systems, anti-Mafia measures, aid to airlines, and...
View ArticleSouth Korea: New Digital Signature Act to Take Effect in December 2020
(Aug. 28, 2020) South Korea’s new Digital Signature Act was published in the Gwanbo (Official Gazette) on June 9, 2020. (Act No. 17354, June 9, 2020, Gwanbo No. 19768, pp. 147–57.) Most of the...
View ArticleGermany: Rules for Foreign Investment Control Tightened
(Sept. 16, 2020) On July 17, 2020, an amendment to the German Foreign Trade and Payments Act (Außenwirtschaftsgesetz, AWG) that lowers the standard for restricting foreign direct investment entered...
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