Online Whistleblowing And Privacy Protection In China

 As of the effectiveness date (June 1st,2017) of the Cybersecurity Law of PRC.,China has promulgated many new regulations and rules on personal data protection. On May 1st, 2018, the national standard of the "Information security technology—Personal information security specification" (the "Standard") has also become effective. The Regulations for the Security Protection of Critical Information Infrastructure ("Regulation") is currently in the process of legislation and will be promulgated soon. We recently advised several international institutions on their online whistleblowing and personal information protection relatedissues and below are some main points which are worth to be noted and discussed.