The European Union's new data protection laws came into effect on Friday (May 25), with Brussels saying the changes will protect consumers from being like "people naked in an aquarium". The EU's so-called General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on Friday (May 25). (Photo: AFP) The EU's so-called General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been blamed for a flood of spam emails and messages in recent weeks as firms rush to request the explicit consent of users to contact them. Even though the rules were officially adopted two years ago, with a grace period until now to adapt to them, companies have been slow to act, resulting in a last-minute scramble this week. Britain's data protection watchdog, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), said that its site had experienced "a few interruptions" as the deadline loomed, but said that "everything is working now". Brussels insists that the laws will become a global benchmark for the protection of people's … [Read more...] about EU’s new data protection rules come into effect
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VN firms urged to improve awareness on data protection
Vietnamese firms need to have greater awareness of information security and make clear plans before buying cyber security solutions, a seminar heard in HCM City on Friday. Pham Tuan Anh of iDealogic, a software solutions company, said a report by IFSEC lists Viet Nam among the countries most exposed to cyber attacks in Asia. Southeast Asian countries have the highest technology development growth rate, but their investment in cyber security is very low at only 0.06 per cent of GDP compared to 0.13 per cent globally and 0.35 per cent in the UK and Israel, he said. Information security is becoming a hot issue around the world. In Viet Nam, the websites of many Government agencies and State-owned and private enterprises, and even the airport’s information system, were attacked recently. Pham Anh Vu of Microsoft Vietnam said cyber attacks are not merely for money but also politically motivated. Vietnamese firms, except those in the banking and financial sector, are not well prepared … [Read more...] about VN firms urged to improve awareness on data protection
Improving environmental protection and management policies
(VOVworld) – A conference on natural resources and environment management towards sustainable development was held in Hanoi on Thursday by the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment (INSPONRE), the Hanns Seidel organization, and German International Development (GIZ). Associate Professor, Doctor Nguyen The Chinh, Head of INSPONSE, said Vietnam has issued laws and policies on natural resources and environment management. Managers and scientists attending the conference proposed more effective ways to manage natural resources and the environment towards sustainable development until 2020 including fine tuning institutions, climate change response, adaptation, and vulnerability, and land policies until 2020 with a vision to 2030. … [Read more...] about Improving environmental protection and management policies
Experts: Local firms lax on data protection
Experts: Local firms lax on data protection By Thu Hien - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC – Information technology experts has warned that a number of Vietnamese enterprises don’t realize the importance of data protection, especially private business information, leading to an increase in the loss of data in most sectors. Speaking at a seminar in HCMC last week, Nguyen Minh Trung, manager of the host service department of Sao Bac Dau Technologies Group, said data is the most crucial factor of an enterprise but that businesses usually make light of it. Meanwhile, data loss may cause economic harm to enterprises and defame their image, Trung said. Trung quoted a report of security software maker Symantec, which showed that around 69% of enterprises in Vietnam suffered data loss in 2010. They lost financial data, orders, contracts and customer information, which are vital to running a business. There were many reasons for the problems with hardware faults accounting for 44%, … [Read more...] about Experts: Local firms lax on data protection
Google ‘Street View’ broke Data Protection Act
Google committed a "significant breach" of the Data Protection laws when its Street View cars grabbed personal data but the Internet giant will not be fined, the information commissioner of Britain said Wednesday. A car equipped with a special camera that is used to photograph images for Google's Street View. … [Read more...] about Google ‘Street View’ broke Data Protection Act