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- A New Handy Guide to Global DPAs - Global Hiring Levels


- Should Employee’s Criminal Past be Taken into Consideration in Decision to Hire?


- Employment is the Top Discrepancy Type in APAC - Employers to Receive More Access to Cross-Tasman Criminal History Checks


- Australian Privacy Act Changes Smell SOXish - Number of NSW Police with Criminal Records has Doubled Over Last Five Years - A Brief Guide to the ICT Security Controls Required by the APP


- China to Publish All Court Judgments, with Some Privacy Protections - Data Rules to Introduce First Personal Health Data Protection Framework


- Hong Kong Attracts Companies but Talent in Short Supply


- Banking Expansion May Create Up to Two Million New Jobs - Liar for Hire? Fake CVs Floor Indian Job Market - Pharma Sector Battling with Fraud Among Job Applicants: Report


- SSMI Effective in Screening Background of Candidates


- New Zealand Data Protection Authority’s Powers Held Back by Government Veto - Lie Detector Tests for Job Applicants


- EU Calls for Much Bigger Fines for Data Breaches - LIBE Draft Report Calls for ‘Immediate Suspension’ of Safe Harbor - New Data Protection Handbook Outlines Alternative Test


- CNIL Adds New Consent Requirement for Use of Credit Card Data - CNIL Guidance for Multinationals Seeking to Comply with SOX & Dodd-Frank


- German Consumer Organisations to be Empowered to Sue Businesses - Sixty People Lose Childcare Jobs After Screening - New Notification Rules Introduced for ‘Risky Data’


- Organisations Hiring More Overseas Talent but Failing to Adequately Check CVs - UK Financial Services Sector Bouncing Back - Recruitment Intentions Among LMO Employers Fall to 54% - Student Visa System ‘Abused’ to Gain Illegal Entry to UK


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SOUTH AMERICA BRAZIL


- Mid Employment Checks - Legal but Complicated - Ontario Introduces New Immigration Legislation


- Complexity of Background Screening Across Latin America - Mexico Marijuana and Drug Reform Bills Filed


- Immigration Law to Change to Encourage Foreign Professionals


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