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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