Thu, 08 May 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In February 2025, China's Cyberspace Administration issued the "Measures for the Administration of Personal Information Protection Compliance Audits", effective May 1, 2025, mandating regular audits for companies, especially those processing data of over 10 million individuals, to ensure transparency and legality in personal data handling.

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In October 2024, the Beijing Internet Court reported a sharp rise in personal information protection cases, highlighting prevalent violations by internet companies involving unauthorized data collection and misuse.

Mon, 19 Feb 2024 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

Charting the evolution of China's data protection landscape from the 2009 Criminal Law Amendment to the 2016 Cybersecurity Law, and to the 2021 Personal Information Protection Law, a pivotal white paper issued by Beijing High People’s Court in November 2023 underscores the role of Chinese courts in enforcing stringent rules for network operators and safeguarding citizens' personal information.

Tue, 15 Aug 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In May 2023, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued the “Guidelines for the Filing of Standard Contracts for the Outbound Transfer of Personal Information (First Edition)”, providing specific requirements for the methods, procedures, and materials for filing standard contracts for the outbound transfer of personal information.

Wed, 17 May 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In February 2023, the Cyberspace Administration of China issued the “Measures for Standard Contract for Personal Information Export”? and the "Standard Contract for Personal Information Export”.

Mon, 09 Jan 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In December 2022, China issued the “Twenty Data Measures”, aiming to establish a basic system for data and maximize the role of data elements.

Sun, 04 Sep 2022 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟

Seizure of electronic storage devices and electronic data extraction are the two statutory methods. It is also noteworthy that different approaches would apply when it comes to collection of the electronic data located in China and of that located outside of China.

Sun, 13 Feb 2022 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟 , Meng Yu 余萌

Diverging views among Chinese local courts are expressed on the question of whether the disclosure of Chinese judgments infringes the privacy of the parties.

Sun, 28 Nov 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟

China's Personal Information Protection Law (個人信息保護法), enacted in August 2021, draws the boundaries for Internet platforms conducting automated decision-making through algorithms.

Sun, 24 Oct 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟

A study of over 400 administrative punishment cases sheds light on the current attitude of the Chinese government towards facial recognition and provides a scenario to assess how China’s Personal Information Protection Law would apply should the cases occur today.