Worldâs First Blockchain Instant Aviation Fuel Payment Solution Approved For Launch Date
25/05/2021
Gazprom Neft’s SmartFuel, the world’s first blockchain solution for instant aviation ‘into-the-wing’ refuelling payments, has been approved for its full market launch after securing registration from the Russian Federation.
The new technology, which cuts the transaction time between a jet fuel supplier and an airline from four to five days to just 15 seconds, has been registered in the Software Register of the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation clearing it for wide distribution.
SmartFuel enables refuelling requests, payment, and the exchange of accounting documents to be carried out via applications installed on tablets held by pilots and refuelling operators.
Ksenia Drozdova has been appointed director general of the
Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications (IOSC), the company announced May 24. She had previously been the deputy director general for Business Development of
Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC). Drozdova had been nominated for the post of director general by the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation. Drozdova is one of the most high-profile women in leadership positions in the Russian space industry.
As director general of the international organization, Drozdova will head the Directorate – the permanent executive and administrative body of Intersputnik – and will be engaged in the further development of the organization.
2021/05/08 12:42 Acer co-founder Stan Shih Acer co-founder Stan Shih (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Stan Shih, co-founder of Acer Inc., on Friday (May 7) praised the southern city of Tainan as the best place for the nation’s proposed Ministry of Digital Development. Following I-Mei Foods Co. CEO and Digital Taiwan Roundtable President Luis Ko s (高志明) call for Tainan to house the digital development ministry, Shih said during a signing ceremony that establishing the ministry in Tainan will help achieve a north-south balance for development. Tainan has seen a boom in green energy technologies and is the historical birthplace of Taiwan, he remarked, adding the southern city has a key role in the digital age and future.
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A new draft law has been introduced in Kazakhstan that will significantly change the conditions for working with personal data and strengthen data protection. In this brief overview, we cover what you need to know about the expected changes and how they will affect your business.
1. All companies that collect or process personal data will be obliged
to notify the authorities on the collection and processing
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Based on these notifications,
the unified register of operators will be created. It is expected that the notifications will have to be filed
1 Kazakhstan has made.
Data Protection Authority. Kazakhstan has officially appointed the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry as the DPA. The ministry is now authorized to examine data subjects’ appeals and inspect organizations for compliance with the Data Protection Law.
Data protection officers. Now companies are obliged to appoint a DPO who should ensure internal compliance with the Data Protection Law.
Data breach notification. Similar to the GDPR, Kazakhstani companies have to notify the DPA about incidents of information security associated with illegal (unauthorized) access to personal data.
Data protection impact assessment. The law now requires companies to conduct an analysis on the purposes of data collection and processing prior to such activities. The list of purposes should be composed based on this analysis, and it is prohibited to collect or process data that is not included in the list.