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(26 August 2022) – WTA Annual Meeting was held successfully on August 19, 2022 with delegates from 14 countries/areas, including most of the Asian countries, Australia, Argentina Netherland, and USA.

The meeting started from the initiative of Halal Trustmark Platform from CyberSecurity Malaysia which now reviewing by the authorities and raising a lot of attention. This expects to complement the Malaysia Halal Ecosystem.

Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) enforced by trustmark system is another attractive topic sharing by Japan delegate. The APEC list of ODR Providers substantially works as Trustmark for ODR Providers since 2021.This program is extended by the long efforts of CCJ-Net and UNCITRAL ODR Working Group.

The initiative of Cross-Border Trustmark (CBTM) based on the updated Trustmark Operation Guidelines is proposed to serve high risk, new type of e-merchants, e-marketplaces, and cross-border platform operators.

Lastly, the macro system design of data governance based on existing regulations in China, zero trust data architecture developed in Australia and initiative of “CheckMyLink” by the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA) based in EU helping consumers not get scammed are all the other successful cases and spots in the annual meeting.

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(24 June 2022) – APEC Policy Support Unit (PSU) has recently released the report Enhancing Implementation of APEC Connectivity Blueprint in the Digital Era: Digital Connectivity for Stronger Recovery.

For more information and download the report, please visit https://www.apec.org/publications/2022/03/enhancing-implementation-of-apec-connectivity-blueprint-in-the-digital-era-digital-connectivity-for-stronger-recovery.

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WTA Task Force Meeting was held on April 8, 2022. During COVID-19 situation, it was held through online channel. The discussions were an initiative of trustmark and a preparation of WTA Annual Meeting which expected to be held in third quarter of 2022.

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(11 March 2022) – WTA Dr. JJ Pan, Eiichiro Mandai, and Kenying Tseng participated APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM1)- Digital Economy Steering Group (DESG) and Data Subgroup Meeting (DPS) on February 16~17 to report the amendment of the Guidelines of Trustmark Operations (GTOs) which set up the benchmark of Ecommerce trustmark certifiers and baseline of Ecommerce trustmark operations since 2003 and updated in 2008.

The review was led by advisor, Richard Chen, participated alphabetically by Acxiom US, CommerceNet Singapore, Cybersecurity Malaysia, EBS China, TradeSafe Japan, HKFEC Chinese Hong Kong, and Leeandli Chinese Taipei. Based on the criteria of Measurability, Specification, Feasibility, Cross-border capability. APEC cross-border privacy rules (CBPRs) were also heavily referenced in conjunction with the review.

The new contents were proposed according to the examined criteria and experienced trustmark certifiers. Furthermore, the assessment criteria of cross-border trustmarks was also provided. Implementation will further ensure the consistency of trustmark certification process across the world.

The updated Guidelines and Criteria will be officially released after Annual Meeting and Global Trust Summit during 2022. The updated Guidelines, Criteria and Global Trust Summit are expected to have further impacts and exploration on not only the trustmark certification but also on the paradigm shifting of digital trading and cross-border Ecommerce.

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(16 December 2021) – WTA announced today the update on Guidelines of Trustmark Operations. Please click here for more details.

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