Category Archives: Cybersecurity

Cross-Border Transfer of Personal Information under China’s Cybersecurity Law

By Yuanmei Lu on March 1, 2022 Posted in Cybersecurity

China’s Cybersecurity Law (the “Cybersecurity Law”) took effect on June 1, 2017. The Cybersecurity Law consists of 79 articles in total. According to Article 2 thereof, the Cybersecurity Law would apply to the construction, operation, maintenance and use of cyberspace within the territory of China, as well as to the supervision and administration of cybersecurity … Continue Reading

China Issued Amended Cybersecurity Review Measures

By Yuanmei Lu and Ruiqi Guo on February 14, 2022 Posted in Cybersecurity

Recently, thirteen relevant Chinese government agencies (e.g. Cyberspace Administration of China, National Development and Reform Commission of China, China Securities Regulatory Commission, etc.) jointly released amended Cybersecurity Review Measures (the “New Measures”) to amend and supersede the prior version of such measures issued on April 13, 2020. The New Measures will become effective on February … Continue Reading

Overview on China’s New Draft Measures for Data Cross-border Transfer

By Michael Zhang, Ruiqi Guo and Yuanmei Lu on November 5, 2021 Posted in Cybersecurity, Data Security

On October 29, 2021, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) published the Security Assessment Measures of Data Cross-border Transfer (Draft for Comments) (the “New Draft Measures”) for public comments.… Continue Reading

Highlights of China’s Recently Adopted Personal Information Protection Law

By Yuanmei Lu and Ruiqi Guo on August 24, 2021 Posted in Cybersecurity, Data Security, Personal Information Protection Law

On August 20, 2021, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress adopted the Personal Information Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China (the “Personal Information Protection Law”). The Personal Information Protection Law will become effective on November 1, 2021, and will then, together with the Cybersecurity Law of the People’s Republic of China … Continue Reading