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April 24, 2017
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EU aims for data transfer deal with Japan and South Korea

The European Union hopes to seal commercial data transfer deals with Japan and South Korea to boost business ties, and plans to tackle barriers to the free flow of data within the bloc. 

Cross-border data flows are key to most businesses. These can include moving employee information around, credit card details to complete online transactions, and people's browsing habits to serve them targeted ads. However, strict EU data protection rules forbid companies from storing European's information on servers in countries deemed to have an inadequate level of privacy. 

A data transfer deal with Japan and South Korea would allow firms doing business there and in the EU to move data seamlessly without having to ask regulators for permission or setting up expensive legal contracts.

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Kazakhstan introducing compulsory fingerprinting program

By 2021, Kazakhstan's Interior Ministry plans to create a national fingerprint database that would include details on all the country's citizens. 

The initiative will cost 36.8 billion tenge ($107 million). Kazakhstan is drawing on the experience of the European Union, where member nations of the Schengen zone are required to provide fingerprint information to obtain travel documents. 

Under the new rules, the chip incorporated in the document will also include prints from two fingers. The rules will also apply to foreign citizens living in Kazakhstan. 

DNA registration will be mandatory for people convicted of serious crimes. Refusing to register details will be punishable by a fine.

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April 24, 2017
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Qatar leads the way with new standalone data protection law

The Qatari government has passed a law requiring a minimum level of protection for personal data within the State of Qatar. It is the first GCC member state to issue a generally applicable data protection law.
 
The law introduces new requirements with regards to how employers maintain and manage their employee's information. It will require action to ensure compliance, both for governance reasons and because the law includes “breach fines”.
 
The Law will help build consumer trust in Qatar in the online environment and comes at a time when the rapid pace of technological change, meaning that more personal data than ever before is being processed electronically, including due to the advance of big data and Internet of things technologies.

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