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 [...]
In a significant ruling that underscores the growing emphasis on personal data protection in China, the Guangzhou Internet Court recently concluded a case involving cross-border data transfer violations under the Personal Information Protection Law of [...]
China's cross-border data transfer regulations have been relaxed for the first time after the country issued a series of cybersecurity and personal data protection laws that imposed strict conditions on cross-border data transfers, raising concerns among [...]
February 2023 was a busy month for China's data protection regulator and supervisory authority - the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC). This month marks the end of the six-month grace period for the Regulation of Security Assessment for Outbound [...]
China issued its comprehensive data protection law, the Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”), on August 20, 2021. The PIPL will come into effect on November 1, 2021. This marks a new era in China’s data protection development. Before the PIPL, [...]
Currently, there is no specific data protection law in China; rules relating to personal data protection are found in different laws and regulations. Some weeks ago, on 1 June 2017, the new Cybersecurity Law entered into force. We already wrote about [...]
A key finding of the recent ad hoc civil liberties mission to China suggests that the country does not secure an adequate level of data protection due to the lack of specific legislation addressing the processing of personal data[1]. A group of members of the European Parl [...]
