Happy new year, privacy pros! This week, Australia has thankfully had some relief from the tragic bushfires affecting massive portions of the country. But a recent New York Times story from Kashmir Hill has the privacy world focusing on Australia as the home of facial-recognition startup Clearview ...

Hong Kong is considering amendments to its Personal Data Ordinance that would give companies five days to report a data breach and empower the privacy commissioner to fine offenders a portion of their global turnover, the South China Morning Post reports. Currently, companies are under no obligation...

Singapore's Personal Data Protection Commission published the feedback it received from the public consultation it held on proposed data portability and data innovation provisions for the Personal Data Protection Act. The PDPC got feedback from 44 entities in various sectors. On the proposed data po...

The Indian state of Telangana will test facial-recognition software to verify voters in an upcoming local election, Reuters reports. The Telangana State Election Commission said the technology will be used to “reduce impersonation cases” and voters’ photos will not be stored or used “for any other p...

Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data Stephen Kai-yi Wong called a 75-fold year-on-year increase in "doxing" complaints "alarming" as he introduced measures to curb cyberbullying and data leaks in the new year, the South China Morning Post reports. Doxing complaints rose from 57 in 2018 t...