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The Personal Data Protection Committee has recently published a new notification regarding the rules and procedures for notifying the relevant persons of a personal data breach. The notification sets out the requirements and details of the data controller’s obligations regarding notification to the PDPC Office and/or the data subject in the event of a data breach. Read more…

The new notification on wage rate according to skill standard was recently published in the Royal Gazette. Under the notification, employees working in the prescribed 17 professions under industrial technology sector, mechanical sector and service industry sector will be entitled to receive wage rates based on their skill standards. Read more…

The Office of the Consumer Protection Board has published the notification regarding guideline on advertising claims in the Royal Gazette, now already effective. The details in the notification are in line with the draft notification, including provisions on the characteristics of statements that can be used in advertising and guidelines, methods, and conditions for citing facts from reports, research results, statistics, and certification from institutions or agencies. Read more…

The Office of the Prime Minister recently issued a new regulation on the provision or acceptance of gift of government officials. The regulation provides a broad scope of what can be considered gifts as well as strict policy principles for government officials to comply with. Business operators may take this regulation into account as guidelines for their compliance management, even though it only applies to government officials. Read more…