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 [...]
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 [...]
Different legislative updates were recorded in China in the last couple of months. These concern several topics related to data protection and data security, such as the definition of sensitive personal information, appointment obligations and registration [...]
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 [...]
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 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, [...]
