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Cross-Border Transfer Of Personal Information Under China's Cybersecurity Law

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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...

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Yuanmei Lu
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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 within the territory of China. This blog post will discuss those provisions of the Cybersecurity Law that would be most relevant to the protection of personal information. Any company which collects, stores, or processes personal information within the territory of China may find it useful to get familiar with such provisions.

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