Parliament: tougher fines for data breaches, more support for legitimate business uses of data under the PDPA amendment, political news and news highlights

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Businesses will be penalized more severely for data breaches while at the same time having more freedom to use personal data to innovate under changes to Singapore’s data protection laws passed in Parliament on Monday (November 2). This tension between keeping consumer confidence high and supporting the …

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16 killed after Typhoon Goni hit the Philippines

[ad_1] MANILA: The most powerful typhoon to hit the Philippines this year destroyed tens of thousands of homes and killed at least 16 people, authorities said on Monday (November 2), as communications with the worst affected areas remained cut off. Catanduanes Island and the nearby province of Albay, on the …

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