On 3 April 2026 China's Cyberspace Administration (CAC) published a draft regulation titled the Provisions on Simplified Measures for Personal Information Protection by Small Personal Information Controllers (Draft for Comment) (the "Draft"). The Draft is o [...]
On 1 June 2025, China's Cyberspace Administration (CAC) brought into force the Measures for the Security Management of Face Recognition Technology Applications (the "Measures"). This landmark regulation is the first piece of dedicated legislation in Chin [...]
As 2025 comes to a close, China’s personal information protection enforcement continues to demonstrate sustained intensity and increasing sophistication. Regulatory activity over the past year confirms that personal data protection compliance has become [...]
On 28 October 2025, the Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress adopted the Decision on amending the Cybersecurity Law of People’s Republic of China. The revised Cybersecurity Law (the “Revised Law”) will take effect on 1 January 2026 [...]
On 14 February 2025, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued the Administrative Measures on Compliance Audits for Personal Information Protection (the Measures), which has come into effect on 1 May 2025. The Measures mark the transition of the pers [...]
The Personal Information Protection Law and the Network Data Security Management Regulation, among other laws and regulations, stipulate the methods for transferring personal information overseas, including: a data transfer security assessment, a standard contr [...]
After years of development, People’s Republic of China (“China”) has established a data security legal framework centered on the “Cybersecurity Law”, “Data Security Law”, and “Personal Information Protection Law” (PIPL). The issuance of the “Network Da [...]
The growing use of biometric systems in workplaces has brought new challenges for data protection, especially with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe. A recent case in Belgium highlights these issues after a company introduced a fingerprint-based time-tracking s [...]
