New japanese data protection law

There is a new japanese data protection law, effective from April 1, 2005. So there ia a webcast at Mofo, that you can see previos log in.

Another law firm White & Case has made the ANNUAL GLOBAL PRIVACY SYMPOSIUM (April 12, 2005) and they upload slides from the Symmpsium: Japan -New Personal Information Protection Law: Challenges and Clarity, Biometrics, EU Data Protection: Plans for 2005 by Rosa Barceló.


And this new:

DATA SECURITY BREACHES NO LONGER "DIRTY SECRET" SAYS WHITE & CASE LAWYER

April 12, 2005 ... Today's announcement of a massive theft of personal data from the LexisNexis computer systems, and numerous similar recent announcements, may suggest that computer security breaches are on the rise. But in reality, it is simply that new data privacy laws in California have begun forcing companies to disclose and respond to breaches that previously would have not been made public, says a noted privacy lawyer with White & Case. (full article on White & Case web)