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Almost eight years after the Cybersecurity Law (“CSL”) came into force in the PRC in 2017, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) issued draft amendments to the CSL (“2025 Draft Amendments”) on 28...more
On 14 February 2025, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) issued the “Administrative Measures for Personal Information Protection Compliance Audits” (the "Measures"), which will take effect on 1 May 2025. The...more
4/28/2025
/ Audits ,
China ,
Data Controller ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
New Regulations ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements
The Guangzhou Internet Court (the “Court”) recently issued its first judgment involving the cross-border transfer of personal data under the Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”).1 An international hotel group was...more
On 30 September 2024, the State Council of the People's Republic of China published the Network Data Security Management Regulations (the “Regulations”).1 These Regulations finalise the Draft Regulations released for public...more
12/24/2024
/ China ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
International Data Transfers ,
New Regulations ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements
The PRC National Technical Committee 260 on Cybersecurity of SAC (“TC260”) published new Guidelines on Identifying Sensitive Personal Information (“Guidelines”) on 18 September 2024, nearly three months after it released the...more
China’s stance toward data privacy and cybersecurity has been a matter of interest for the last several years, most prominently with the June 2017 passage of China’s Cybersecurity Law, and the passage of the Data Security Law...more
Over the past few years, China has introduced a range of laws dealing with data privacy and cybersecurity. The most well-known is China's Cybersecurity Law, which came into effect in June 2017. With the recent passing of...more
12/14/2021
/ China ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
International Data Transfers ,
New Legislation ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws