U.S. and Asia Pacific : “Privacy Beyond the GDPR and CCPA”, an ACC ILAN virtual roundtable on October 5th, 2021

Caroline Berube, Managing Partner of HJM Asia Law, was happy to have presented on a webinar organised by the International Legal Affairs Network (ILAN) of the ACC and sponsored by the International Society of Primerus Law Firms on October 5th, 2021. An insightful session for Caroline and her fellow speakers, Dominic Wai (Partner at ONC Lawyers, Hong Kong) and Kenneth Rashbaum (Partner at Barton LLP, New York). They discussed personal data protection with case studies in the Americas, China, Singapore and Hong Kong, followed by breakout rooms. Caroline’s focus was on China and Singapore where the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) 2021 and the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) 2012 were discussed respectively. Special thanks to John Buscher (Data Privacy Counsel at Accenture) and Cathy Brixen (Corporate Counsel, Legal Team, at W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.) for their coordination.