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		<title>EU: BCR Webinar: Top 5 takeaways</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) are fast becoming the preferred method for intra-group worldwide transfers, due to their flexibility and the endorsement they have received from EU bodies and data regulators. Organised by DataGuidance in association with TRUSTe, the BCR Webinar 2013 explored the developing landscape of BCRs with leading experts in the field. DataGuidance compiled the top 5 tips for any company considering BCRs.]]></description>
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		<title>EU: Soundbites from the EU Parliament seminar on the data reform</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DataGuidance has compiled key comments made during the EU data protection reform seminar organised by the European Parliament in Brussels on 14 and 15 May 2013.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>EU: WP29 clarifies DPAs' expectations of BSPRs</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Article 29 Working Party (WP29) adopted - on 19 April 2013 - an Explanatory Document on the Processor Binding Corporate Rules (WP204) which clarifies the principles and elements of Processor Binding Corporate Rules or Binding Safe Processor Rules (BSPRs) as laid out in its Working Document 02/2012 (WP195). ]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>EU: 'Three possible dates' put forward for the LIBE vote on data proposals</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The EU Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) announced, on 6 May 2013, the postponement of its vote on the latest amendments for the draft General Data Protection Regulation, due to the high volume of amendments to consider. The vote would have taken place on 29 May 2013.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>USA: Data brokers urged to review privacy practices after FTC warnings</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent - on 2 May 2013 - letters to ten data broker companies warning that their practices could violate privacy rules set out under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Following an undercover test-shopping operation led in collaboration with the Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN), the FTC indicated that the data brokers concerned were willing to sell consumer information contrary to FCRA requirements.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>USA: NLRB: blanket confidentiality rule during employee investigations 'invalid'</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) released - on 16 April 2013 - an Advice Memorandum on case 30-CA-089350 (Verso Paper) reaffirming that a blanket confidentiality rule, where an employer requests employees not to discuss ongoing investigations violates Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labour Relations Act (NLRA). The Memorandum, dated 29 January 2013, states that the rule is 'unlawfully overbroad' and violates Section 8(a)(1) of the NLRA which prohibits employers from interfering, restraining or coercing employees in exercising their rights given by the NLRA. ]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>China: MIIT draft rules expand telecoms & IISP obligations</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) enacted - on 10 April 2013 - two drafts rules for public comment. The rules, the 'Provisions on the Registration of Real Identity Information of Telephone Users' (the Registration Rules) and the 'Provisions on the Protection of Personal Information of Telecommunications and Internet Users' (the Provisions), are open for public comment until 15 May 2013.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Singapore: Personal Data Protection Commission to launch May 2013</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Singapore data protection authority (PDPC), will host - on 15 May 2013 - the Inaugural Personal Data Protection Seminar, marking the official launch of the PDPC. The PDPC was created on 2 January 2013 to administer the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) which - <a href="http://www.dataguidance.com/news.asp?id=1883">as DataGuidance previously reported</a> - was passed by the Parliament on 15 October 2012.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Australia, OAIC: Data security 'critical' to meet upcoming requirements</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[To mark the start of Privacy Awareness Week, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) released - on 29 April 2013 - their 'Guide to Information Security: Reasonable steps to protect personal information' (the Guide). Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim said: "&#91;B&#93;usinesses cannot ignore the need to take steps to protect the personal information of their customers or clients. This is critical to meet the current requirements of the Privacy Act 1988 as well as new requirements due to commence in less than 12 months."]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>USA: Commerce Committee criticises industry failure to adopt DNT</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held - on 24 April 2013 - a hearing entitled 'A Status Update on the Development of Voluntary Do-Not-Track (DNT) Standards'. The hearing examined the steps industry stakeholders have taken so far to fulfill their public commitment made in Washington in February 2012 to honour DNT requests from consumers.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>USA: SEC and CFTC issue Red Flag Rules for financial institutions and creditors</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) jointly issued - on 10 April 2013 - the Identify Theft Red Flag Rules consisting of final rules and guidelines requiring covered entities to establish programs to address risks of identity theft (final rules).]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>International: Uruguay accedes to Convention 108; Morocco to follow</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Council of Europe (CoE) announced - on 12 April 2013 - that Uruguay has become the first non-European country to accede to the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with Regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (Convention 108) and its Additional Protocol. The treaty will enter into force in Uruguay on 1 August 2013, making it the 45th country to be party to the Convention.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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