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Date Article Title Publication Author Synopsis
         
7/12/2008 Data Security, Privacy in Asia The Seoul Times Yuho (Richard) Kim South Korean lawyer Yuho Kim writes on the evolution of privacy law for the Seoul Times, looking at the cultural differences that influence perspectives on privacy as well as the need for Asia, whose people account for 56.5% of the world's population and 35.8% of the world's Internet usage, to address online privacy concerns. 
6/9/2008 SC chief urges passage of privacy protection law INQUIRER.net Tetch Torres A Supreme Court Chief Justice wants stricter privacy protection laws and he's pushing legislators to pass them.
6/6/2008 Immigration moves to stem tide of alarming data leaks The Standard Miranda Shek Hong Kong's Immigration Department has signed a joint agreement with the Privacy Commission to better protect personal data. The agreement prohibits immigration officers from taking documents containing personal information out of the office, and provides other privacy-assurance measures.
5/16/2008 Privacy official jailed for fiddling expenses
 The Standard Damon Pang The former deputy privacy commissioner of Hong Kong, Anthony Lam Wing-hong, was sentenced to nine months in jail yesterday for what District Court Judge Patrick Li Hon-leung called "a deliberate act of greed," says a report in The Standard. 
5/12/2008 PASMO Card Services: Ensuring Japanese Kids Don't Play Hooky Gearlog Mariella Moon An RFID-enabled smart card used in Japan to pay for train travel is being used to track the whereabouts of school children. The card, known as PASMO, is also being used to pay for meals in school cafeterias, and the card's maker says plans are underway to provide parents and guardians a means of tracking the children based on their use of the card, whether in school or within the rail system.
5/10/2008 Privacy Law Revision Urged news.gov.hk   Hong Kong's Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Roderick Woo, is urging the government to revise the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance.
5/7/2008 Crime Server - Found with thousands of bank customer records Bank Info Security Linda McGlasson Customer data of more than 40 major international financial institutions has been compromised in what one official describes as "the tip of the cybercrime iceberg," says a Bank Info Security report.
4/24/2008 Obviously dishonest' official faces jail The Standard Carol Chung The former deputy privacy commissioner of Hong Kong who has been under investigation by the Independent Commission Against Corruption since August 2005 was yesterday convicted of claiming more than HK$100,000 in unauthorized travel expenses.
4/14/2008 IT Secrot Presses For Data Privacy and Security Law The Manila Times Ike Suarez According to a recent survey conducted by the Philippine Data Privacy Technical Working Group, nearly 80 percent of the Philippine's IT sector wants more government attention towards data privacy and security. 
4/8/2008 Japan firms to start information security rating body Reuters Kiyoshi Takenaka A series of recent security breaches among Japanese firms has prompted several of that nation's businesses to collaborate on developing the world's first information security ratings agency. 
4/2/2008 Privacy issues plague e-commerce in VN VietnamNet Privacy is a major concern as Vietnam looks to bolster e-commerce. A recent survey by the nation's Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI) revealed that although 63 percent of businesses believe the ability to conduct
3/28/2008 Police Plan to Install GPS in All Cell Phones  chosun.com Arirang News The recent discovery of the remains of two children who were kidnapped and murdered late last year has prompted a plan from the South Korea National Police Agency to install Global Positioning System (GPS) on all cell phones nationwide 
3/24/2008 Gov't, private sector revives push for data privacy bill INQUIRER.net Erwin Oliva Officials from the Philippines Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) met to create a technical working group designed to help revive the nation's pending bills on data privacy. The group comprises governmental officials and industry stakeholders who will work to improve existing privacy proposals before the Senate and House of Representatives.
2/20/2008 HK Privacy Commissioner Says Law Reforms Needed The Standard Bonnie Chen e-commerce will increase their competitive edge, only 25 percent of Vietnam Web sites take measures to protect customers' privacy.
1/29/2008 Privacy Commissioner Urges Risk Assessments  SC Magazine Negar Salek Karen Curtis, Australia's privacy commissioner, is urging all government and private organizations to conduct immediate privacy risk assessments to determine if the kinds of data stored on computers requires encryption and other protections under the country's Privacy Act.
11/6/2007 Data Protection Bill Progresses Toward Adoption The Star     An official tells The Star that the Personal Data Protection Act is scheduled to be tabled in Parliament by the end of this year or early in 2008. 

 
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