The cross-border transfer of personal information (hereinafter referred to as “PI,” and such transfers as “PI export”) is a routine and often essential part of business operations for companies in China—particularly...more
As China enhances its cybersecurity and data protection regime, the processing of personal information, and in particular the information of customers and employees, has come into focus under the Personal Information...more
The Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) on November 14, 2021 published the draft Regulations on the Administration of Network Data Security (“Draft Regulations”) for comment through December 13, 2021.1 The Draft...more
On August 20, 2021, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) passed a sweeping data protection law, the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), set to take effect on November 1, 2021. Although the PIPL appears to borrow...more