The amendments are major revisions to South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA), which was enacted in 2011. They include new rights of data portability and a right to refuse automated decision-making as well as rules for offshore data transfer, PI collection and use by offline businesses, and the granting of expanded rights to the country’s regulator.

Local police across China alerted parents that encrypted communications apps, including Telegram, which can encrypt or immediately erase content, have been used by criminals to defraud children – and sometimes even involve them as accomplices in crimes. Parents were advised to check kids’ cell phones for encrypted apps and to remove them if found.