January

Under Jordan's new data protection law, businesses will be liable for an employee's personal data, and thus, should hire a data protection officer to comply.
 
Safwan Moubaydeen and Lara Saraireh, Partner and Senior Associate at Dentons, told DataGuidance, "Businesses must examine their processes and procedures to ensure compliance. Accountability will need to be determined within businesses, and employees need to be trained to ensure they have the ability and understanding to comply..."
 
In addition, under Article 9 of the Draft Law, there is a requirement to appoint a data protection officer, who will be responsible for creating and controlling data processing procedures as well as receiving and responding to complaints.

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong (PCPD), the Korea Internet & Security Agency and Barun ICT Research Center, in addition to privacy experts and academia from the Mainland China, South Korea and Japan, signed the Asia Privacy Bridge Forum Joint Declaration 2016 to strengthen privacy research, education and policy cooperation in the Asian region.

The Asia Privacy Bridge Forum was set up to identify steps for bridging the gaps among Asian economies about their approaches to data privacy protection. The joint declaration includes collaboration on privacy research programs and strengthening of privacy research programs, among other initiatives.

Starting June 1, 2017, Chinese employers will be required to follow more directives with regards to safeguarding employee's personal information.

The Cyber Security Law (CSL) was originally passed to address significant gaps in protections around personal data and security in China. New directives will now include data privacy protection, and will impose obligations on companies who handle personal information electronically.

The CSL defines personal information as data collected, stored or transmitted electronically, to include a citizen's name, date of birth, ID card number, personal biometric information, address and telephone number.