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Government issues decree on Personal Data Protection HÀ NỘI – On April 17, the Government released a new Decree on Personal Data Protection, outlining measures and conditions to safeguard personal data. Effective July 1, 2023, the decree stipulates that protecting personal data falls on organisations and individuals involved in processing such data. These entities must implement […]

3CX’s supply chain attack was caused by… another supply chain attack The incident responders investigating how hackers carried out a complex supply-chain attack targeting enterprise phone provider 3CX say the company was compromised by another supply chain attack. 3CX, which develops a software-based phone system used by over 600,000 organizations worldwide with more than 12 million active daily users, worked […]

A record-breaking fine for Facebook for violating GDPR Facebook has just been fined an astronomical 1.2 billion Euro – the biggest fine ever to be issued under GDPR. The decision was made by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission on the basis that Facebook has been transferring user data from the EU to the US without proper […]

The Decree on personal data protection has been officially issued On April 17, 2023, the Decree on Personal Data Protection has been issued as Decree No. 13/2023/ND-CP (hereinafter referred as “Decree”) and officially takes effect on July 1st, 2023. This is the first legal document that directly regulates the issue of personal data in Vietnam, […]

Managing spam messages and calls in Vietnam Spam messages and calls have been defined as advertising messages and calls which are made without users’ prior consent as well as not being under the receiving responsibility of the recipients. So the question to be raised is why, despite the unwillingness to receive advertising information, do people […]