The release of these Assessment Measures marks the finalization of China’s security assessment rules of cross-border data transfer after the Cybersecurity Law of the PRC (the “CSL”) first set out the security
The broad and vague scope of China's data export controls has become a critical challenge for international companies that need to share and process their data across different continents. This is particularly the case after the...
The Regulations, issued pursuant to the Cybersecurity Law (“CSL”), the Data Security Law (“DSL”) and the Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”), provide more clarity on the key network data security requirements under these laws. They also reflect the latest development in t...
On 10 June 2021, the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislative authority, passed the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Data Security Law (DSL), which will come into force on 1 September 2021. It is the first comprehensive data security legislation in China. The DSL aims to r...
1. The legal framework for cross-border data transfers The CSL, the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) and the Data Security Law (DSL) laid the foundation for data protection in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and regulate cross-border data transfer to...
That said, the three main pillars of the personal information protection framework in the PRC are the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), the Cybersecurity Law (CSL), and the Data Security Law (DSL). On June 1, 2017, the CSL came into effect and became the first national–level ...
China’s Data Security Law contains provisions that cover the usage, collection, and protection of data in the PRC. Violations will trigger penalty fines and even suspension of business and revocation of license or permits. The person directly in charge of implementing compliance at the compa...
security of data that is collected in China. So in very simple terms, it is all the business data that is being collected by a company during the course of doing business. And you might ask, well, I've had the CSL. It came in in June 2017, why would I need a data security law...
The new Data Security Law, together with the Cybersecurity Law and the upcoming Personal Information Protection Law, will serve as the fundamental laws regulating cybersecurity and data security protection in China.
Work highlights Advised Google Cloud on China data protection law and cybersecurity law implications with regards to its offering of cloud services hosted outside China to Chinese companies going global. Advised eBay on the launch of the Certilogo WeChat mini program in China by its newly acqu...