Taiwan has joined as a founding member of a US-led forum that aims to certify international data privacy standards, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday.
Taiwan, under the name Chinese Taipei, joined Canada, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea and the US in establishing the Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) Forum, which is to promote “interoperability and help bridge different regulatory approaches to data protection and privacy.”
US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said in a statement that the establishment of the forum “reflects the beginning of a new era of multilateral cooperation in promoting trusted global data flows that