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Hong Kong Passes Life-Sustaining Treatment Bill
The Hospital Authority in Hong Kong had previously utilised certain Advance Directive forms to allow individuals to direct that their life-sustaining treatments be withheld in case they are unable to decide on the medical treatment in the future. While such forms have been held to be legally binding under common law, there was no specific legislation governing the matter in Hong Kong.
The Advance Decision on Life-Sustaining Treatment Bill (the “Bill”) was passed by the Legislati...
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China Relaxes Cross-Border Data Protection Measures
On 22 March 2024, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) implemented the Provisions on the Promotion and Regulation of Cross-border Data Transfer (“Provisions”) and updated the guidelines for security assessment and standard contracts (together the “Updated Guidelines”) with immediate effect. The Provisions aim to promote foreign investments into China and lessen the compliance burden of multinational companies on cross-border data transfer.
Prior to the Provisions, data m...
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