China rolled out its “new,” streamlined cross-border data transfer (CBDT) regime on March 22, 2024, with the issuance by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) of the Provisions on Facilitating and Regulating...more
6/9/2025
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Cross-Border ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement ,
Filing Requirements ,
Free Trade Zone ,
International Data Transfers ,
National Security ,
New Regulations ,
Penalties ,
Personal Data ,
Personal Information ,
Regulatory Reform
China’s telecommunications regulator, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), has announced a pilot scheme that would allow foreign investors to establish wholly owned subsidiaries in Beijing, Shanghai,...more
We are kicking off Cybersecurity Month early with a masterclass on China’s Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”).
The PIPL was issued on August 20 and came into effect on November 1, 2021. A year later, PIPL remains...more
9/6/2022
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Continuing Legal Education ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement Actions ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Information ,
Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) ,
Webinars
On December 30, 2020, the European Commission announced an in principle agreement with China on the terms of an EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investments (“CAI”). It contemplates what the Commission’s press release...more
Internet data center (“IDC”) projects in China have attracted ever-increasing investment interest from investors outside of China. Post-COVID-19 outbreak, this sector has become even hotter as more businesses seek to move...more
What You Need to Know:
China has issued a new draft law tightening the regulation of cloud services. The draft:
..covers onshore hosted SaaS and PaaS (but possibly not IaaS)
..imposes new restrictions on...more