


Wed, 20 May
|Singapore
LexTalk World Conference, Singapore - 23 & 24 Nov 2022
A great place to meet and greet 1000+ Legal Professionals from South East Asia and near by countries as well as hear from 50+ Industry Leading Speakers on how the Legal landscape is changing rapidly.
Time & Location
20 May 2020, 2:30 pm UTC – 21 May 2020, 2:30 pm UTC
Singapore, 16 Ah Hood Rd, Singapore 329982
About the event
Multidimensional Approach to Data Protection Laws, Loopholes and Solutions
As per the UN results on the subject of adoption cyber laws by different categories of countries which adopts e commerce legislations in the areas of e transactions, consumer protection, data protection/privacy and cybercrime the following are the statistics:
- 81% ARE COUNTRIES WITH E-TRANSACTIONS LAWS
- 56% ARE COUNTRIES WITH COUNSUMER PROTECTION LAWS
- 66% ARE COUNTRIES WITH PRIVACY LAWS
- 79% ARE COUNTRIES WITH CYBERCRIME LAWS
It is a prerequisite for adoption of paperless form of commercial transactions to be valid and the recognition of legal equivalence is necessary with prevalence of requisite legislations in place. 145 countries across the globe have adopted online commercial transactions as valid ones, of which 104 developing or transition economies. While four out of five countries in Asia and in Latin America have such laws in place, Eastern and Middle Africa lag behind.
107 countries (of which 66 were developing or transition economies) have put in place legislation to secure the protection of data and privacy. In this area, Asia and Africa show a similar level of adoption, with less than 40 per cent of countries having a law in place. 66% countries are with legislations in place, 10% countries are with draft legislations, 19% countries
with no legislations and 5% countries are without any data.
Cybercrime Legislations Worldwide: 138 countries (of which 95 are developing and transition economies) had enacted such legislation. However, more than 30 countries had no cybercrime legislation in place.
Global Online Consumer Protection Laws: Despite the dire need of a comprehensive B2B and B2C format for consumer protection laws many advanced and developing countries are still lagging in this area of vital subject and areas of concern. In as many as 67 countries, it was not possible to obtain data, suggesting that online consumer protection is not being fully
addressed. Out of the 125 countries for which data exist, 97 (of which 61 are developing or transition economies) have adopted consumer protection legislation that relates to e-commerce. In terms of regional patterns, the incidence of consumer protection laws is particularly low in Africa. Source: https://unctad.org/
- The legal entities to discuss –
- GDPR (EU’s General Data Protection Regulation) – What’s in it ?
- Impact of GDPR in the Indian Industries
- How can we define the roadmap for the GDPR compliance?
- Legal Loopholes and Exemptions - In practice, meaningful data protection requires constant vigilance and enforcement. Legal loopholes make that even more challenging. Preferably, these exemptions for political parties would not have been passed into law given its tendency to contradict the laws set by GDPR.
- Solutions for way ahead – Requirement of regular audits and correct interpretation of laws to safeguard the provisions of the legislature.