On April 14, the Ministry of Justice explained the definition of "government agency" (source document in Chinese) described under the Personal Information Protection Act

On September 2, the Ministry of Justice announced that the police may use the Advanced Passenger Information System to collect certain types of data on passengers.

The outline covers policy establishment, policy promotion, risk assessment, rules legitimacy review, and training programs.

The Ministry of Justice announced that the government may collect medical, medical treatment, genetic information, sexual life, health examination, and criminal records without obtaining prior written consent...

Taiwan Office of President Amends Personal Information Protection Act

On February 25, the Executive Yuan announced that the December 30, 2015 amendments to the Personal Information Protection Act will take effect on March 15.

While both criminal data and medical records are considered "sensitive data" under the Personal Information Protection Act, a newly proposed amendment puts medical records into yet another category in which public interest is no longer a justifiable reason for collecting them.

On August 21, the Ministry of Education issued a regulation governing personal information protection of private universities and private academic research institutions.

On November 11, 2025, amendments to Taiwan's Personal Data Protection Act ("PDPA") were promulgated by the president. Although the amendments have not yet formally taken effect, the provisions align the PDPA with the EU General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") and therefore merit close attention

Taiwan's Criminal Investigation Bureau has opened an investigation into a video that allegedly used an AI-generated voice clone of President Lai Ching-te, testing how far existing forgery law can stretch to cover synthetic political speech. The case has split opinion along political lines and serves as a marker of how differently APAC jurisdictions are approaching deepfake regulation, with Taiwan applying decades-old forgery statutes to technology they were never written for.

With the prevalence of the internet, people have become accustomed to refer to online reviews for their consumption decision-making and also express their opinions through online reviews after consumption.

Multi-level marketing and direct selling occupy an important position in the market as business models, while the recent development of artificial intelligence (AI) has brought revolutionary changes to the business field.

In a news alert published earlier this year, we outlined the development of the "Mosaic Theory" in Taiwan's privacy law. As in many countries, installing a GPS tracker on a suspect's ...

The rapid development and spread of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) has led to legislative responses around the world to find suitable and adaptable governance measures.

The Computer Processed Personal Data Protection Law was renamed the Personal Data Protection Law and amended in 2010.

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