APDPO
Asia-Pacific Data Privacy Organization
apdpo.com
2025-03-01
The Asia-Pacific Data Privacy Organization (APDPO) was established eight months, twenty-nine days ago on March 1, 2025. This initiative seeks to bridge and bring together stakeholders in data privacy across the region, focusing on knowledge sharing and encouraging collaboration to strengthen privacy protections, cybersecurity, and the safe, responsible, and ethical use of AI across Asia-Pacific.
2025-03-08
Magie Antonio has been invited to serve as the Country Head for APDPO in the Philippines. Magie will spearhead local initiatives, build partnerships, and promote privacy awareness that translates into operational compliance with data privacy regulations, while advocating for the enhancement of the robust framework in the country and contributing to regional best practices across the Asia-Pacific.
2025-03-18
In cooperation with Bureau Veritas, APDPO conducted its first upskilling project, delivering data privacy and cybersecurity training to professionals at Visayan Electric (VECO) in Cebu City, Philippines. Arranged by Magie Antonio of APDPO and Atty. Ernie Villarin of VECO, the initiative equipped participants with skills to address the country’s evolving data privacy challenges.
2025-04-01
Special thanks to Magie Antonio for sponsoring the infrastructure of APDPO.com. This platform will connect privacy professionals and organizations across the Asia-Pacific, enabling the exchange of valuable knowledge and best practices. It will support regional initiatives in data privacy, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence, strengthening the APDPO community and its impact across the region.
2025-04-08
Akira Sato has been invited to serve as the Country Head for APDPO in Japan. Akira will cultivate partnerships with local organizations, elevate awareness of privacy practices, ensure compliance with data privacy regulations, advocate for continuous improvements, and share insights to enhance regional standards across the Asia-Pacific.
2025-04-10
Alex Lee has been invited to serve as the Country Head for APDPO in Singapore. Alex will advance data protection initiatives, work closely with local stakeholders to promote privacy awareness and ensure compliance with the nation’s data privacy regulations, while contributing insights to bolster regional standards across the Asia-Pacific.
2025-07-16
Coinciding with AI Appreciation Day, APDPO and Community Health Education Emergency Rescue Services (CHEERS) formally launched a partnership to promote data privacy, cybersecurity, and the responsible use of AI in resilience, initiatives addressing Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC), and elderly care. The agreement was signed by APDPO Country Head for the Philippines Magie Antonio and CHEERS founder Dr. Sandy Montano.
2025-08-07
Magie Antonio, APDPO Country Head for the Philippines, represented APDPO in the INTERPOL Project SynthWave Member Country Visit at the Philippine Center on Transnational Crime, where INTERPOL’s Toshinobu Yasuhira, Abdullah Fuad Aljalahma, Libni Garg, and local stakeholders discussed risks of AI-driven synthetic media. Hosted by Generals Benjamin Batara, Noel Baraceros, and Cesar Binag, the event reflected APDPO’s commitment to regional collaboration in data protection.
2025-10-07
APDPO and the Philippine College of Criminology (PCCR) have formalized a strategic partnership to strengthen data privacy, cybersecurity, and ethical AI principles in criminal justice education. The agreement was signed by APDPO Country Head for the Philippines Magie Antonio and PCCR President Lei Bautista. This collaboration will advance curriculum development, faculty training, research projects, and micro-credential programs at the intersection of law enforcement and data protection.
2025-10-24
Magie Antonio, Country Head for APDPO in the Philippines, received the Woman of Excellence in Digitalization and Humanitarian Service award at the 80th United Nations Anniversary Celebration. The ceremony honored distinguished leaders including ambassadors from Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar, along with senior Philippine government officials. This recognition signals the importance of integrating data privacy, cybersecurity, and ethical AI in humanitarian service.
2025-10-31
APDPO concludes Cybersecurity Awareness Month with its first "Leading with Privacy" profile, featuring Police Major General Jericho Baldeo, Data Protection Officer of the Philippine National Police. He shared insights on integrating data privacy with effective law enforcement to earn public trust and uphold human rights with Magie Antonio, APDPO Country Head for the Philippines, during her courtesy call to the Directorate for Information and Communications Technology Management.
APDPO
Asia-Pacific Data Privacy Organization
85%
of Asia-Pacific jurisdictions have enacted or drafted personal data protection laws.
46%
of APAC countries have dedicated national data protection authorities.
35%
of jurisdictions require mandatory breach notifications.
19%
have cross-border data transfer laws modeled after the GDPR.
31%
have issued official AI ethics or governance frameworks.
90%
of large enterprises in APAC are subject to multi-jurisdictional data compliance obligations.
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South Asia
India
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Pakistan
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Oceania
Australia
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Fiji
APDPO connects organizations across Asia-Pacific to strengthen skills and knowledge in data privacy, cybersecurity, and AI. Membership is open to organizations committed to these fields, with no strict entry requirements—just a shared interest in collaboration and growth. A low annual membership fee of SGD 1,200 per organization encourages broad participation and unlocks member discounts and special opportunities. Membership starts with registration and participation. Over time, active members may be invited to lead initiatives, host activities, and represent their sector or country.
Training Access
Priority early registration for regional and role-specific training ahead of public release.
Certification Discounts
Reduced rates on APDPO certifications compared to standard rates for non-members.
Skills Development
Practical guidance from foundational policies through international alignment.
Co-Branding
Joint events and certifications, plus logos on the APDPO website and member microsites.
APDPO tracks critical Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE), including those related to AI, that could compromise organizational systems or expose sensitive data. Consolidated CVE information from publicly available sources is freely available via RSS and JSON feeds at APDPO.com for all interested organizations.
CVE-2025-13615
2025-11-30
The StreamTube Core plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary User Password Change in versions up to, and including, 4.78. This is due to the plugin providing user-controlled access to objects, letting a user bypass authorization and access system resources. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change user passwords and potentially take over administrator accounts. Note: This can only be exploited if the 'registration password fields' enabled in theme options.
CVE-2025-66224
2025-11-29
OrangeHRM is a comprehensive human resource management (HRM) system. From version 5.0 to 5.7, the application contains an input-neutralization flaw in its mail configuration and delivery workflow that allows user-controlled values to flow directly into the system’s sendmail command. Because these values are not sanitized or constrained before being incorporated into the command execution path, certain sendmail behaviors can be unintentionally invoked during email processing. This makes it possible for the application to write files on the server as part of the mail-handling routine, and in deployments where those files end up in web-accessible locations, the behavior can be leveraged to achieve execution of attacker-controlled content. The issue stems entirely from constructing OS-level command strings using unsanitized input within the mail-sending logic. This issue has been patched in version 5.8.
CVE-2025-34034
2025-11-29
A hardcoded credential vulnerability exists in the Blue Angel Software Suite deployed on embedded Linux systems. The application contains multiple known default and hardcoded user accounts that are not disclosed in public documentation. These accounts allow unauthenticated or low-privilege attackers to gain administrative access to the device’s web interface. Exploitation evidence was observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2025-01-26 UTC.
CVE-2025-34028
2025-11-29
The Commvault Command Center Innovation Release allows an unauthenticated actor to upload ZIP files that represent install packages that, when expanded by the target server, are vulnerable to path traversal vulnerability that can result in Remote Code Execution via malicious JSP. This issue affects Command Center Innovation Release: 11.38.0 to 11.38.20. The vulnerability is fixed in 11.38.20 with SP38-CU20-433 and SP38-CU20-436 and also fixed in 11.38.25 with SP38-CU25-434 and SP38-CU25-438.
CVE-2013-5609
2025-11-25
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 26.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.2, Thunderbird before 24.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.23 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
CVE-2013-5613
2025-11-25
Use-after-free vulnerability in the PresShell::DispatchSynthMouseMove function in Mozilla Firefox before 26.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.2, Thunderbird before 24.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.23 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via vectors involving synthetic mouse movement, related to the RestyleManager::GetHoverGeneration function.
CVE-2013-5615
2025-11-25
The JavaScript implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 26.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.2, Thunderbird before 24.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.23 does not properly enforce certain typeset restrictions on the generation of GetElementIC typed array stubs, which has unspecified impact and remote attack vectors.
CVE-2013-5616
2025-11-25
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsEventListenerManager::HandleEventSubType function in Mozilla Firefox before 26.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.2, Thunderbird before 24.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.23 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via vectors related to mListeners event listeners.
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