Since the enactment of Singapore’s Cybersecurity Act 2018 (Cybersecurity Act), Singapore’s digital economy has grown rapidly, and cyber threats have evolved at a remarkable pace. To address this shifting landscape, the Cybersecurity (Amendment) Act 2024 (Amendment Act) was passed last
Over the last decade, the EU has launched an unprecedented constellation of laws: GDPR, the AI Act, the Data Act, NIS2, the Cyber Resilience Act, DORA, DSA, DMA, eIDAS 2.0 and more. Together – under the ‘Digital Decade’ banner –
On 28 October 2025, China passed amendments to the Cybersecurity Law, marking the first update since its enactment in 2016. These amendments reflect China’s heightened focus on cybersecurity and AI governance and are scheduled to take effect on 1 January
The Threat
Malware usage by adversaries has reportedly declined. Partly due to sophisticated detection methods commonly deployed by medium to large organisations.
Conversely, insider threats (cybersecurity risks originating from within an organisation) are increasing, posing complex and costly challenges for
Australian Clinical Labs (ACL) has been ordered to pay AUD5.8 million for breach of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) following a 2022 cyber incident which impacted the personal information of over 223,000 individuals. This is the first ever
Visible cyber fallout is everywhere. Impact to business operations (and therefore revenue) including halted production lines, emptied supermarket shelves, online payment unavailability, and patient backlogs have all brought cyber into the media and the boardroom at an alarming rate in
Summary
The Upper Tribunal (UT) has handed down its judgment in the UK Information Commissioner’s (Information Commissioner) appeal against the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) decision on Clearview AI Inc (Clearview). The UT upheld three of the Commissioner’s four grounds of appeal,
Three years after its investigation commenced, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has found that retail giant Kmart Australia Limited (Kmart) breached the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) through its use of facial recognition technology (FRT) in
The Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) has recently published the Administrative Measures for Network Security Incident Reporting (“Measures”), which provide further guidance on when and how to report network security incidents under existing laws such as the Cybersecurity Law, the
What is data scraping?
Data scraping is an automated process through which computer programs extract vast amounts of data from the internet at a faster rate than manual data collection methods.
Some businesses scrape data for internal purposes, such as
