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China to create a new regulator for data governance

China is reportedly planning to establish a new regulator to oversee data governance in the country, according to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal. The regulator, which would be created as part of a broader government restructuring plan, woul...

WhatsApp agrees to be more transparent when updating terms of service

The European Commission has announced that WhatsApp has committed to being more transparent on changes to its terms of service. For future updates to its terms, WhatsApp promised it would explain clearly to users what changes it intends to make ...

US Senator proposes TikTok ban for government employees

Republican Senator Josh Hawley announced his introduction of a new legislation proposal to ban government employees from using TikTok. Hawley claims that the social video platform shares user data with the Chinese government. He also expressed concer...

The case for a Digital Ecosystem for the Environment

The United Nations Science Policy Business Forum working group on Big Data, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence published a discussion paper on 'The Case for a Digital Ecosystem for the Environment: Bringing together data, algorithms and insig...

Singapore to introduce climate censors to mitigate urban heat

Singapore is planning to introduce a network of climate sensors in order to address the so-called 'urban heat island effect'. This initiative is one of the three mitigation measures and is expected to gather data on urban heat island effect. The sens...

San Diego Supercomputer Center and Singapore Advanced Research and Education Network commit to improving data access for researchers in Asia

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California San Diego (USA) and the Singapore Advanced Research and Education Network (SingAREN) have announced a partnership aimed at improving data access for researchers in Asia. The pa...

EU- US resume negotiations on an agreement to facilitate access to electronic evidence

The US Department of Justice and the European Commission have revived negotiations on an EU-US agreement on facilitating access to electronic evidence as part of criminal investigations. Negotiations began initially in 2019 but were put on hold whil...

EDPB welcomes improvements to EU-US data transfer framework

China proposes an overall plan for the construction of Digital China 2035

China issued the 'Overall Layout Plan for the Construction of Digital China', which sets out the overall layout for 'Digital China 2035'. The plan proposes that by 2035, China should reach the forefront of digital development worldwide. This is the l...

Digital India law to set new rules for non-personal data sharing

The Indian government is discussing new rules for non-personal data sharing under Digital India law. The rules could include pricing for sharing anonymised data sets and provisions for free government access to boost the efficiency of the government'...

UNESCO initiates consultations on the development of a standard-setting instrument on Open Science

UNESCO has initiated global consultations on the development of a standard-setting instrument on Open Science. The standard-setting instrument which is expected to be in the form of recommendations will address the availability, accessibility, and op...

World Bank helps Nigeria to improve data literacy and usage

The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has received support from the World Bank and Code for Africa (CfA) to increase its use of data among a diverse group of data users. The cooperation focuses on boosting open data publication, creating a user-fri...