PIPC Sanctions Facebook and Netflix for Privacy Violations
On August 25, 2021, the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) announced that it had imposed various administrative sanctions (i.e., administrative penalty surcharges totaling KRW 6.66 billion, administrative fines totaling KRW 29 million, corrective orders, improvement recommendations, and publications) on Facebook[1]and Netflix for violations of the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA). Google was also investigated but …
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Transferring Personal Data Outside The EEEA? The Impact of The New Standard Contractual Clauses in Brief
If you are required to transfer personal data outside the EEA, you will be aware of the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses for controller to controller (C2C), and controller to processor (C2P) transfers. On 4th June 2021, the European Commission released its highly anticipated new standard contractual clauses (‘SCCs’) for the transfer of personal data …
New Japanese Regulation on Telecommunications Businesses Provided by Foreign Business Operators
The Telecommunications Business Act of Japan (the “Act) provides a regulatory framework for telecommunications businesses. Recently, the number of platform services and other telecommunication services provided by foreign entities has greatly increased in Japan. As the number of these services continues to grow, massive data breaches and communication failures have occurred in the services provided …
IBC Brief – August, 2021
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2021 which replaces the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021 has been passed by both Houses of Parliament. The bill further amends the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, by inter alia, introducing Prepacked Insolvency Resolution Process (PPIRP) for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The proposed amendment enables the government …
Farm protests put electricity bill in jeopardy
Authored by Abhishek Nath Tripathi and Vedant Kumar, Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors.
Reform agenda on the cards in new electricity policy
Authored by Mani Gupta and Vedant Kumar, Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors.
The power of the budget to reform
Authored by Abhishek Nath Tripathi and Anura Gupta, Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors
Protection of personal data in the employment relationship
Alessandra Barichello Boskovic [1] Marco Antonio da Costa Sabino [2]
BlackOak Director Darius Tay recognised as IFLR Asia Future Leader 2021
Darius Tay, founding partner and director of BlackOak LLC, is one of only four lawyers for restructuring and insolvency in Singapore to be featured in IFLR Asia Future Leaders 2021.
Madras High Court holds ‘Care’ to be generic.
The case note illustrates the inherent difficulty in enforcing rights in a word that is descriptive of services. The Plaintiff, Praba’s V Care Health Clinic Pvt. Ltd (Praba) filed the suit against the Defendant, I-Care Aesthetic Clinic (I-Care), before the Madras High Court alleging trademark infringement, passing off, etc.