TMT Law & Practice in Hong Kong (Online)

LexisNexis CPD Course (Online)

TMT Law & Practice in Hong Kong

Course Description

The CPD course offers a wide coverage on Technology, Media and Telecommunications law. It focuses on areas such as technology disputes & transactions, privacy law, competition law and the latest technology developments.

Course Outline

Topic: Technology Contracts and Drafting, and Data Protection

Speaker: Mr. Thomas Ho, Solicitor, Pinsent Masons

Introduction – commonly seen technology contracts and how they have “changed” over time
Software licensing agreement – evolving into SaaS agreements
Software development agreements – evolving from waterfall to agile
Data processing agreements – why have data processing agreements become so important?
Data processing laws
- GDPR and PDPO
- New updates in GDPR, particularly for data processors
- Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau’s discussion paper on updates to PDPO

Topic: Technology Dispute Resolution

Speaker: Mr. Peter Bullock, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons

Mr. Peter Bullock will investigate the predominant causes of disputes relating to the failed delivery of information systems and telecommunications networks projects (amongst other technology projects), and indicate ways to best dispose of the resulting issues.

Topic: New Tech Developments

Speaker: Mr. Paul Haswell, Partner, Pinsent Masons

Introduction – some new technologies in recent days
5G and IoT – what will they enable?
- Smart cities
- Logistics
- What are the key issues? Privacy, competition law
AI – what will they enable?
- Roboadvisors and fintech
- Data analytics
- What are the key issues? Ethics, explainability
Cryptocurrency and blockchain – what will they enable?
- Immutable ledgers (not necessarily decentralised)
- Decentralised currencies
- What are the key issues? Regulatory oversight, money laundering