There are new laws evolving in SE Asia: Indonesia’s Personal Data Protection (PDP) law is now fully in force; Malaysia has passed changes to its Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) that should come into effect soon; and Vietnam’s Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL) is due to be adopted in May.
Despite significant opposition from human rights and business groups, a UN committee has accepted cybercrime treaty language that would allow investigative data to be shared between countries, make extradition easier, and embolden authoritarian regimes to spy on and prosecute citizens. The Biden Administration is reported to approve as well.
Game platform Roblox, which has repeatedly been criticized for being lax protecting kids, has made a series of updates to increase safety for users under age 13. This includes setting the default for young children to no longer be able to play, search or access unrated experiences. However, unfortunately, they’ll still find violent and/or crude content.
Enterprise AI vendor Uniphore has acquired CDP ActionIQ and cloud data engineering system Infoworks. The combination of products will create a Zero Data AI Cloud that simplifies AI deployments by enabling companies to access data for AI projects without moving it from existing systems. Prices were not announced.