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28 January 2023 is Data Protection Day (or Data Privacy Day outside of Europe), which marks the anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108. To mark Data Protection Day 2023, Baker McKenzie’s Global Data Privacy and Security Team is pleased to present this special edition update of key data protection and privacy developments and trends across the globe, as well summarising future legislative changes, predictions, and enforcement priorities to look out for during 2023.…

In Part I of this series, we introduced the Philippine Government’s Implementing Rules of the Cybercrime Law and outlined certain requirements that now apply to “service providers”, as that term is defined under the Cybercrime Law. Click here to view Part I of the series. Below we examine some additional provisions of the Implementing Rules. Service Providers’ Exemption from LiabilityThe Implementing Rules carve out an exemption from liability for service providers in the offense of “illegal…

In August 2015, the Departments of Justice, Interior and Local Government, and Science and Technology of the Philippines jointly issued the administrative rules and regulations (“Implementing Rules”) implementing the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 (“Cybercrime Law”). The government completed the Implementing Rules nearly three years after the Cybercrime Law was passed by the Philippine Congress. The following is Part I of a two-part summary of the Implementing Rules.Creation of New OfficesThe Implementing Rules create the…