ASEAN countried discuss cross border data flows and cybersecurity

Countries in the region welcomed cybersecurity cooperation Enhancing cybersecurity cooperation across ASEAN is key to the security of future economy and digitalisation initiatives especially in view of the recent rise of global cybersecurity and supply chain attacks and threats, within the region. At the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)…

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Bangladesh Govt. aims to digitise 90 per cent of services by the end of 2021

A strong ICT infrastructure has been built in the country in the last 12 years. Bangladesh State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Junaid Ahmed Palak said the government is working towards ensuring internet access for all by 2021 and digitizing 90 per cent of government services. Speaking at…

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Australia’s Information Commissioner finds Dept of Home Affairs breached data privacy

Orders compensation payable by Home Affairs for breaching detainees’ privacy. The Department of Home Affairs (formerly the Department of Immigration and Border Protection) has been found to have interfered with the privacy of 9,251 detainees in immigration detention by mistakenly releasing their personal information. Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner…

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