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Asia-Pacific data protection and AI laws

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55 of 55 regulations

Upcoming deadlines

DateRegulation
in 5 daysJapan Active Cyber Defense Act

Registration and incident reporting duties start

in 6 weeksIndia DPDP

Consent Manager registration rule in force (12 months)

in 2 monthsAU Privacy Act

Children's Online Privacy Code must be registered

in 2 monthsAU Privacy Act

Automated decision-making transparency applies

in 3 monthsMalaysia Online Safety Act

Online Safety Plan due to MCMC

in 3 monthsIndonesia PDP

Implementing regulation GR 33/2026 takes effect

in 5 monthsVietnam AI Law

Transition ends for existing AI systems (general)

in 7 monthsIndia DPDP

Main data fiduciary obligations apply (18 months)

in 9 monthsKorea PIPA

Mandatory ISMS-P certification

in 9 monthsVietnam Cybersecurity Law 2025

Transition ends for existing systems and products

in 11 monthsVietnam AI Law

Transition ends for existing AI systems in health, education and finance

in 1 yearJapan Active Cyber Defense Act

Communications data measures in force (latest date)tentative

in 1 yearTaiwan AI Basic Act

Agencies must align laws with the Acttentative

Past deadlines

DateRegulation
10 days agoThailand Cybersecurity Act

Website Security Standard B.E. 2568 enforced

2 weeks agoAU Social Media Age

Strengthened enforcement amendments commence

2 weeks agoKorea PIPA

2026 PIPA amendments take effect

3 weeks agoChina Small PI Handler Simplified Measures

Simplified measures for small handlers take effect

5 weeks agoChina Data Security Risk Assessment Measures

Risk assessment measures take effect

7 weeks agoNew Zealand Biometric Processing Privacy Code

Grace period ends for existing biometric processing

2 months agoJapan APPI

2026 APPI amendment act promulgated

2 months agoChina Anthropomorphic AI Measures

Anthropomorphic AI measures take effect

2 months agoVietnam Cybersecurity Law 2025

Cybersecurity Law 2025 takes effect

2 months agoMalaysia Online Safety Act

Online Safety Plan and compounding regulations in force

2 months agoSingapore Online Safety (Relief and Accountability) Act

OSC begins operations and first provisions commence

4 months agoNZ Privacy Act

IPP 3A indirect-collection notification applies

4 months agoNew Zealand Biometric Processing Privacy Code

Amendment No. 1 applies (IPP 3A)

5 months agoJapan Active Cyber Defense Act

Supervisory Commission provisions in force

5 months agoChina Minors Online Protection Regulations

Measures identifying large or influential platforms for minors take effect

6 months agoKorea PIPA

2026 PIPA amendment promulgated (Act No. 21445)

6 months agoAU Cyber Security Act

Smart device security standard applies

6 months agoVietnam AI Law

AI Law takes effect

6 months agoChina Minors Online Protection Regulations

Classification measures for content harmful to minors take effect

7 months agoIndia IT Rules amendment on synthetic content

Synthetic content rules take effect

8 months agoKorea AI Act

AI Basic Act and Enforcement Decree take effect

8 months agoKazakhstan AI Law

AI Law takes effecttentative

8 months agoTaiwan AI Basic Act

AI Basic Act in force

8 months agoVietnam PDPL

PDPL and Decree 356/2025 take effect

8 months agoMalaysia Online Safety Act

Online Safety Act and first regulations in force

8 months agoHK PCICO

PCICSO comes into operation

8 months agoChina PI Export Certification Measures

PI export certification measures take effect

8 months agoChina CSL

2025 amendments take effect

8 months agoAU Cyber Security Act

Ransomware reporting moves to compliance phase

9 months agoAU Social Media Age

Social media minimum age obligation applies

10 months agoSingapore Online Safety (Relief and Accountability) Act

Act assented to

10 months agoIndia DPDP

DPDP Rules published; Board and procedural rules in force

10 months agoTaiwan PDPA

2025 amendment promulgatedtentative

10 months agoNew Zealand Biometric Processing Privacy Code

Biometric code in force

10 months agoChina Cyber Incident Reporting Measures

Incident reporting measures take effect

11 months agoSingapore Cybersecurity Act

2024 amendments commence

1 year agoNZ Privacy Act

Privacy Amendment Act 2025 technical changes commence

1 year agoJapan AI Act

AI Promotion Act fully in force

1 year agoChina AI Labeling

AI content labeling measures and GB 45438-2025 take effect

1 year agoVietnam Law on Data

Law on Data takes effect

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