On December 30, 2015, Taiwan's Office of the President set forth amendments (source document in Mandarin) to the nation's Personal Information Protection Act. These changes include additional consent and protection rules for collecting and processing "special" personal information, modification to the notification requirements for data processors, and the removal of imprisonment as a potential penalty for violations. The changes will take effect before April 2016.

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