October

"Republic of Mauritius became the second non-European state - after Uruguay in 2013 - to ratify the Convention for the protection of individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data, also known as ""Convention 108"", and its Additional Protocol, taking the total number of states parties to the treaty to 49.

The Privacy Commissioner of the Republic of Mauritius, Drudeisha Madhub, deposited the accession documents in the presence of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, During an international conference held in Strasbourg under the theme "Convention 108: from a European reality to a global treaty".

Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia have already been invited to accede to the treaty and will most likely be the next countries to become parties. The treaty will enter into force in respect of the Republic of Mauritius on 1 October 2016. ""Convention 108"" is the only existing international treaty which grants individuals the right to the protection of their personal data, aiming also to prevent any abuses which may accompany the processing of these data."

Privacy-focused events in China, South Korea and Singapore have highlighted the growing momentum of APEC 's Cross Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) system in the region. Recently, China 's Ministry of Commerce, Foreign Ministry, General Administration of Customs and the China International Electronic Commerce Centre (CIECC) hosted the 6th APEC E-Commerce Business Alliance (ECBA) Forum and the Korea Internet and Security Agency (KISA) hosted the 5th International Conference on Information Security in Seoul, South Korea. The increased focus on CBPRs in Asia comes as Japan recently put forward JIPDEC as the country 's first 'Accountability Agent ' under the CBPR system. Japan 's Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry has confirmed that CBPR-certification will serve as a basis for transfer of personal data out of Japan under the implementing guidelines for Japan 's recently-reformed privacy law. TRUSTe has been an APEC-endorsed Accountability Agent since 2013.

The Philippine 's Data Privacy Act of 2012 mandated the creation of the National Privacy Commission to implement, enforce and monitor compliance with the Act and soon after its finalization, issued draft implementing rules and regulations, which will significantly impact business in the Philippines and on the IT and business process outsourcing industry. Features of the IRRs include: The scope of protected information, data protection principles, data sharing, data protection officers, outsourcing of data processing activities, security measures, mandatory breach notification, penalties, and data subject rights.