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South Korea joins APEC’s Cross Border Privacy Rules system

By Cynthia O’Donoghue and Chantelle Taylor on 15 June 2017 Posted in Privacy & Data Protection

This week, it was officially announced that South Korea has become the fifth country to join the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s (APEC) Cross Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) system. This system was developed by APEC in 2011 to “build consumer, business and regulator trust in cross border flows of personal information” and thus facilitate e-commerce among APEC … Continue Reading