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Regulations governing ratings for cybersecurity responsibility levels


Article 7(1) of the Cybersecurity Management Act authorizes the Executive Yuan to define standards for rating cyber security responsibility levels. Th...

November 22, 2019

Do social media influencers need to disclose partnerships?


Social media influencers are the celebrities of the internet age, with their every movement watched closely by followers and media alike. This can hav...

May 13, 2019

A quick look at Taiwan’s Cyber Security Management Act Enforcement Rules


The Cyber Security Management Act Enforcement Rules (the “Enforcement Rules”) define reporting requirements, duties regarding subcontracting, the ...

January 22, 2019

2017 data protection enforcement decisions by Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission


Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (the “FSC”) continues to be the only regulatory agency in Taiwan that regularly publishes its data pro...

September 5, 2018

Taiwan enacts Cyber Security Management Act


Taiwan’s legislature enacted the Cyber Security Management Act (the “Act”) in early May 2018. The Act was published by the Presidential Office i...

July 17, 2018

Data protection enforcement decisions by Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission


Taiwan has had data protection laws since the mid-1990s, but a new era in data protection began in October of 2012 when the Personal Information Prote...

April 5, 2017

Personal information concerns when conducting due diligence


Transactional attorneys are intimately familiar with due diligence requests (“DDR”). A prospective buyer (“Buyer”) will typically deliver to ...

February 21, 2017