It’s well-known that China’s data protection laws define sensitive personal information very differently to other jurisdictions. Instead of a closed list of data types, sensitive personal information in China has...more
While appointing and registering a DPO has been mandatory in China for many years, a portal has now finally been established for organisations to register those DPOs with the China data protection authority. This resolves...more
7/21/2025
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Recently, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), which is the primary data regulator in China, published a newsletter about the government authorities’ enforcement of Apps and websites that violated personal data...more
Following Malaysia’s introduction of data breach notification and data protection officer (“DPO”) appointment requirements in last year’s significant amendments to the Personal Data Protection Act (“PDPA”) (click here for our...more
Chinese data regulators are intensifying their focus on the data protection compliance audit obligations under the Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL“), with the release of the Administrative Measures for Personal...more
2/20/2025
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Risk Management
On 3 January 2025, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC“) released for public consultation the draft Measures for Certification of Personal Information Protection for Cross-Border Transfer of Personal Information...more
It’s the turn of South-East Asian countries to update their data protection laws. Here is our summary of the proposed new data protection laws in Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia. Organisations are advised to update their data...more
Additional and clarified data compliance obligations will soon come into force under the long-awaited Network Data Security Management Regulation (“Regulation“), which was released on 30 September 2024. The Regulation is...more
The Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL“) requires a data controller to conduct compliance audits of its personal data processing activities on a regular basis (“Self-supervision Audits“). Apart from such...more
9/3/2024
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International Data Transfers ,
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While the definition of sensitive personal information in China has always been different to other jurisdictions, with a focus on risk of harm at its heart, new draft guidance should make it easier for organisations to map...more