Data Privacy Compliance In Mainland China

Chemical firms have been operating in China as long as any industry and have watched the business environment transform from an unregulated Wild West to a regulatory environment that is not all that dissimilar from that of the United States or Europe. With this transformation, China operations now may face compliance issues that would not have been relevant a decade ago.

Data privacy protection is one such issue. A patchwork of laws currently governs data protection; a new, more comprehensive statute is likely to be adopted next year.

Data Protection In China Today

China does not have a single national comprehensive law to protect privacy and personal data. Instead, a number of different laws regulate the disclosure and dissemination of individual data including bank customer records, credit status, rating and history data and tax data. Businesses involved in data collection and processing need to be aware of the various applicable local and national laws to