China — The Next Data Privacy Frontier

By Yodi Hailemariam (July 13, 2018, 11:52 AM EDT) -- Consistent with global trends surrounding the focus on and protection of personal data, China's data privacy landscape continues to evolve. One of the most complex — and ambiguous — personal data protection regimes in the world, China does not have a central or overarching regulatory framework or single regulating authority governing personal data protection. Instead, China has implemented various laws and regulations that weave together to govern data privacy and security from slightly different directions. However, now that the EU's General Data Protection Regulation is in effect, multinational organizations should look to China as the next frontier of the global data privacy revolution. But where exactly are we? What are some of the most recent regulatory developments affecting data privacy in China? And what immediate steps should organizations take to minimize risk when handling information in China?...

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