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Ecuador’s 2023 implementing regulation turns the country’s data-protection law into a more detailed programme of risk assessment, impact analysis, incident notification and accountable governance. Ecuador published Executive Decree No. 904 on 13 November 2023, issuing the General Regulation to the…
When trying to interact with Microsoft Word files, PrivateGPT throws out an error and does not want to parse it:ImportError: docx2txt is required to read Microsoft Word files: pip install docx2txt When actually installing docx2txt with pip, the error is…
Argentina’s adoption of Ibero-American model clauses gives organisations another standard route for protecting personal data sent to jurisdictions without an adequate level of protection. Argentina’s Agency for Access to Public Information issued Resolution No. 198/2023 on 13 October 2023. Published…
Colombia’s Law 2300 regulates when, how and how often organisations may contact consumers. Compliance depends on shared preferences across diallers, messaging systems and outsourced agents. Colombia enacted Law 2300 on 10 July 2023. Known publicly as the “Dejen de Fregar”…
Quebec’s Law 25 phased major privacy reforms into force between 2022 and 2024. Its lasting impact is the movement of privacy decisions into system design and executive accountability. Quebec adopted the legislation commonly known as Law 25 in 2021. The…
Hungary’s 2023 whistleblower act combines employer channels with public-interest reporting and puts clocks around receipt, investigation and feedback. A mailbox without case orchestration is not enough. Act XXV of 2023 on complaints, public-interest disclosures and rules concerning whistleblowing took effect…
The Dutch Wegiz is a framework for turning selected exchanges of health information from optional digitisation projects into mandatory, standardised and potentially certified processes. The Wet elektronische gegevensuitwisseling in de zorg, known as the Wegiz, entered into force on 1…
The Netherlands’ Digital Government Act treats access to public services as a trust decision. The sensitivity of the service should determine the strength of the login—not the convenience of the existing portal. The Wet digitale overheid, or Wdo, began phased…
Nigeria signed its Data Protection Act into law on 12 June 2023, creating an independent commission and moving national privacy requirements onto a statutory foundation. Nigeria’s digital economy serves a large and rapidly growing population through financial technology, telecommunications, retail,…
Hungary moved early on NIS2-style supervision. Its 2023 cybersecurity act made identification, registration, system classification and independent audit the opening stages of a regulated security programme. Act XXIII of 2023 on Cybersecurity Certification and Cybersecurity Supervision took effect on 23…
France did not authorise a general facial-recognition system for the Paris Olympics. It created a bounded experiment in real-time event detection—and then extended that legal laboratory after the Games. Article 10 of Law 2023-380, published on 20 May 2023, authorised…
Luxembourg’s whistleblower law combines internal reporting duties with 23 competent external authorities and a central Office for Whistleblowers. The practical challenge is routing a report without losing confidentiality or momentum. The Law of 16 May 2023 transposed the EU Whistleblower…
