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Huge Fines Imposed by Thailand’s PDPC: A Major Alert on Data Privacy Violations (Thailand)
Shunsuke Minowa, Poonyisa Sornchangwat (Co-author)
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SINGAPORE HIGH COURT CONSIDERS SCOPE OF THE RIGHT TO PRIVATE ACTION UNDER THE PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION ACT
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Book - NO&T Asia Legal Review No.36 (June, 2021)
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In a recent decision rendered in May 2021, the Singapore High Court determined for the first time the scope of a person’s right of private action under section 32 of the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (“PDPA”). The Court considered the threshold of “loss or damage” that must be met in order for a person to bring a civil action against an organisation for a breach of the PDPA.
The High Court held that loss of control over personal data or emotional distress from such loss of control, without more, is insufficient to establish a right of private action. Instead, a person must have suffered one of the heads of loss and damage under common law (such as financial loss, damage to property, and personal injury, including psychiatric illness). The case, Bellingham, Alex v Reed, Michael [2021] SGHC 125 (“Bellingham v Reed”), is presently on appeal to the Singapore Court of Appeal.
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Pratique du droit et protection des données personnelles entre Paris et Tokyo (Legal practice and personal data protection between Paris and Tokyo)
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Hayata Matsunaga (Co-author)
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Chambers Global Practice Guides Artificial Intelligence 2025 Japan – Law & Practice
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Keiji Tonomura, Yukiko Konno, Minh Thi Cao Koike, Yoshiteru Matsuzaki (Co-author)
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Introduction of the Guidelines on Cross Border Personal Data Transfer of Malaysia
Yuan Yao Lee
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Draft Climate Change Act (Thailand)
Supasit Boonsanong, Thananya Pholchaniko, Phareeya Yongpanich (Co-author)
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Draft Revised Guidelines on Beneficial Ownership Disclosure (Philippines)
Patricia O. Ko
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[From Singapore Office] Case Update: SICC Grants Anti-Suit Injunction Against State-Linked Entity
Claire Chong, Nozomi Kato (Co-author)
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Malaysia’s Cross-Border Insolvency Bill 2025: Restructuring Without Borders
Yuan Yao Lee
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Draft Climate Change Act (Thailand)
Supasit Boonsanong, Thananya Pholchaniko, Phareeya Yongpanich (Co-author)
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Draft Revised Guidelines on Beneficial Ownership Disclosure (Philippines)
Patricia O. Ko
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[From Singapore Office] Case Update: SICC Grants Anti-Suit Injunction Against State-Linked Entity
Claire Chong, Nozomi Kato (Co-author)
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Malaysia’s Cross-Border Insolvency Bill 2025: Restructuring Without Borders
Yuan Yao Lee
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[From Singapore Office] Case Update: SICC Grants Anti-Suit Injunction Against State-Linked Entity
Claire Chong, Nozomi Kato (Co-author)
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[From Singapore Office] Case Update: Cost of Cure as Damages – Are Intention to Cure and Incurrence of Cost Prerequisites to Recovery?
Justin Ee, Kennosuke Muro (Co-author)
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[From Singapore Office]NEW SIAC ARBITRATION RULES TO COME INTO EFFECT IN 2025 Part 2 Focus on Settlement, and Enhanced Procedure for Arbitrator Appointment
Kara Quek, Kennosuke Muro (Co-author)
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[From Singapore Office] NEW SIAC ARBITRATION RULES TO COME INTO EFFECT IN 2025 – Part 1 Automatic application of the Streamlined Procedure and the introduction of Protective Preliminary Orders
Annia Hsu, Kennosuke Muro (Co-author)
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