Asia Pacific News

Cyber criminals targeted Australian government nearly 450 times in one year

The Australian Government has published a three-pronged strategy to protect Australia from cyber attacks. A $1.67 billion plan has been launched to strengthen protection against cyber attacks targeting Australia’s government, […]

India considers non-personal data sharing regulation

India is considering taking steps to allow citizens and organisations to harness companies’ anonymised, non-personal data, after a committee recommended that such a move would boost domestic SMEs’ competitiveness and […]

New Zealand launches government algorithm standards

New Zealand has produced a set of standards designed to guide government use of algorithms and to improve data transparency and accountability, in what it claims is a world first. […]
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Australia’s digital ID project delayed

The Australian government’s plan to integrate its myGovID digital identity with the myGov service platform has been delayed, after a trial uncovered usability concerns.  The digital ID will replace myGov’s […]

New Zealand enshrines civil service principles in law

New Zealand has passed a new “citizen focused” public service legislation bill which aims to encourage collaborative working to help tackle the country’s most pressing challenges. Minister of state services […]

Hong Kong officials to be required to swear pledge of allegiance

All civil servants in Hong Kong employed after 1 July will be required to make a declaration to uphold the Basic Law – Hong Kong’s mini-constitution – and pledge allegiance […]

Australia considers bar on offshoring of personal data

The Australian government is considering legislating to ensure that all sensitive government data is held in Australian data centres owned by domestic companies, minister for government services Stuart Robert said […]

Open banking gets off to slow start in Australia

Open banking has become a reality in Australia after the country’s Consumer Data Right (CDR) legislation went live on 1 July.     The country’s four major banks – ANZ, Commonwealth […]

India and USA clamp down on China’s TikTok app

The US government is considering banning the Chinese social media app TikTok due to fears over surveillance and data-gathering. Speaking to Laura Ingraham on Fox News, secretary of state Mike Pompeo […]

Australian Public Service sets new diversity targets

The Australian government has released a five-year workforce strategy that aims to boost the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees in public service. It has set a target […]