When China’s new Cybersecurity Law takes effect on June 1, 2017, China will become another important jurisdiction to watch in the international data transfer space.
Before the new Cybersecurity Law officially was promulgated on November 7, 2016, cross-border data transfer of data from China was largely unregulated by the government. While many Chinese laws and regulations governed the collection, use and storage (including localization) of data, no binding laws or regulations contained generally applicable legal requirements or constraints on the transfer of data across Chinese borders.
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