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Bangladesh has approved the draft Personal Data Protection Ordinance (PDPO) 2025 which now says people are owners of their data, not the government. It also regulates how personal data is collected ...

Our current approach to data protection is now more than half a century old. The first country to seriously address the issue of protecting digital personal data was the United States of America. In a ...

In an era where data is as valuable as currency, the importance of safeguarding personal information cannot be overstated. With the introduction of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 ...

In digital age, personal data fuels the online ecosystem while also raising privacy concerns. To address this issue, Bangladesh aims to strengthen its data privacy framework by adopting the draft ...

On June 3, the European Union Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), functioning under the EU Data Protection Board, published preliminary guidelines for the use of generative AI by EU institutions in ...

The Union government on Friday (January 3, 2025) evening released the draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025, which will enforce provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection ...

The Data Protection Bill, 2025 (the ‘Bill’) represents a transformative step in Ghana’s data governance landscape. Replacing the 2012 Act, it introduces stricter privacy protections, broader ...

Explore Nigeria’s 2025 tax reforms, digital asset taxation, and NRS income-tracking powers under data protection laws, with ...