Draft 'Provisions on Regulating and Promoting
Cross-border Data Transfers' Issued by the Cyberspace
Administration of China Ease Existing Transfer
Requirements
On 28 September, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC)
released draft Provisions on Regulating and Promoting Cross-border
Data Transfers ('the Provisions') for public feedback by 15
October. The Proposals considerably ease the restrictions on
cross-border data transfer contained in previous legislation such
as the Measures on the Security Assessment for Cross-border Data
Transfer and Measures on the Standard Contracts of Cross-border
Personal Information Transfer. They address some of the common
compliance challenges being faced by businesses, providing a number
of exemptions from, and clarification of, the existing transfer
mechanisms.
