October

Comprehensive guidance on the collection and use of biometric data, such as DNA, fingerprint and facial recognition data, was released by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Personal Data (PCPD). The Guidance on Collection and Use of Biometric Data (Guidance) was issued in response to increasing use of such data by organisations in Hong Kong. The Guidance was released the day before publication of the PCPD 's Investigation Report: Collection of Fingerprint Data by Queenix (Asia) Limited (Queenix) (Investigation Report), in which the Privacy Commissioner served an Enforcement Notice on Queenix for excessive collection of fingerprint data. The Investigation Report makes it clear that the PCPD considers the collection of biometric data to be a serious issue and unnecessary or excessive collection of such data will not be tolerated. The Guidance clarifies the PCPD 's position and what it considers to be acceptable use and practice of such data

The years 2015-16 could spell great fortunes for all HR service providers. If a global survey by Deloitte gets it accurate, around 74% of Indian companies will increase their investment on HR in the next 12-18 months. The survey indicates that around 18% of Indian companies claim to have a plan to increase their HR budget by more than 5%, while a whopping 57% of Indian companies will augment their HR spend by 1-5%. Around 23% will maintain a status quo and only 3% will reduce their HR budget. India 's market seems to be on a positive note vis-?-vis other global companies as only 56% of the respondent companies plan to increase their HR budget, and 35% want to maintain a status quo. Around 8% of companies, globally, plan to decrease their budget.

"The Group of the European People 's Party in the European Parliament released an updated timetable for agreeing on the proposed EU General Data Protection Regulation (the Regulation). The European Commission, European Parliament and the Council of the European Union will soon enter multilateral negotiations, known as the ""trilogue,"" to agree on the final text of the proposed Regulation. The trilogue will commence once the Council of the European Union, acting through the Justice and Home Affairs Council (the Council), has agreed on its common position, which is expected to be finalized imminently. The European Parliament also will publish a general roadmap for further trilogue meetings later in 2015."