China, Data Privacy, Penalties

China’s New CBDT Regime: One Year On

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 6/9/2025

China rolled out its “new,” streamlined cross-border data transfer (CBDT) regime on March 22, 2024, with the issuance by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) of the Provisions on Facilitating and Regulating...more

Restricting Bulk Data Transfers: Insights into the Final Rule

Snell & Wilmer on 4/14/2025

A new U.S. federal rule restricts bulk sharing of sensitive personal information and governmental information with certain countries, for some key industries. In December 2024, the Department of Justice issued a comprehensive...more

DOJ Rule Restricting Sensitive Data Transfers Takes Effect

Miller Canfield on 4/8/2025

Today, April 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Final Rule restricting transfers of bulk sensitive personal data and U.S. government-related data becomes effective, implementing former President Biden’s Executive Order...more

China Amends Its Anti-Money Laundering Law

WilmerHale on 10/1/2024

China’s draft Amended Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Law1 (AML Law) was submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) on September 10 for the second of what are generally three readings....more

Part 4 of 5: Penalties and liabilities under China’s data protection laws

BCLP on 2/21/2022

This article discusses briefly the various possible liabilities for data protection breaches under China’s main laws, regulations and statutory instruments governing the protection of personal information. Introduction -...more

China is Entering a New Era in Data Protections

Goodwin on 2/4/2022

On November 1, 2021, the Personal Information Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”) (the “Personal Information Protection Law”) went into effect, two months after the Data Security Law of the PRC (the...more

China's New Data Privacy Law is Sweeping and Serious: Avoid the High Cost of Noncompliance

Bracewell LLP on 8/25/2021

Last Friday, China passed the world’s harshest data privacy law, threatening violators with fines of up to 50 million Yuan (or about $7.7 million at the time of publication) or 5% of annual revenue. The Personal Information...more

China Adopts New Data Security Law

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 8/4/2021

On June 10, 2021, China adopted a new Data Security Law that will impact every business operating in or doing business with China. The law, which will take effect in less than a month (September 1, 2021), is sweeping in...more

[Webinar] China Data Protection Legislation in the Making: Implications Beyond China’s Borders - June 29th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT

Wiley Rein LLP on 6/15/2021

China's draft Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) has just gone through the second reading and is now near final form and expected to be finalized very soon. Once promulgated, it will be the first comprehensive law on...more

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