China, Data Protection, Network Security

China Clarifies Privacy and Data Security Requirements in Network Data Security Management Regulations

Latham & Watkins LLP on 1/16/2025

The Regulations, which took effect on January 1, 2025, reiterate and clarify existing requirements and introduce new ones on privacy and network data security....more

Critical Infrastructure Organizations Warned to Upgrade Systems and Software

Nossaman LLP on 2/9/2024

In one of the most clear-eyed and sobering assessments of the cyberthreat China poses to our nation’s critical infrastructure, the country’s foremost cybersecurity leaders recently testified that the Chinese Communist Party...more

Chinese State Hackers Exploit Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in Citrix Networking Equipment

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 12/22/2022

According to the National Security Agency, actors backed by the Chinese government are actively targeting a zero-day vulnerability in two commonly-used Citrix networking devices. The exploit (CVE-2022-27518) affects Citrix...more

Joint Advisory Warns of Chinese-sponsored Attacks on Telecommunications Companies

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 6/9/2022

A joint advisory issued June 7, 2022, by the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, FBI and the National Security Agency entitled “People’s Republic of China State-Sponsored Cyber Actors Exploit Network Providers and...more

China Publishes New Measure on Cybersecurity Review of Network Products and Services

Morgan Lewis on 5/14/2020

The new measure, which will come into effect on June 1, 2020, will potentially affect operators of critical information infrastructures as well as their domestic and overseas suppliers. Affected companies should now take...more

China marches into cybersecurity classified protection 2.0 - May 2019

Hogan Lovells on 6/4/2019

The cybersecurity classified protection regime attracted significant attention when it was included in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) Cyber Security Law promulgated in 2017 (the CSL). The CSL mandates that network...more

China’s Network Security Law Comes into Effect: What It Means for Your Company

McDermott Will & Emery on 6/1/2017

On June 1, 2017, China’s much anticipated Network Security Law comes into effect after two years of review, revisions over three drafts and a public commenting process. The law is a historical development for China’s...more

China's Cybersecurity Law and Draft Implementation Rules

Morgan Lewis on 5/25/2017

The law applies to all “network operators” and introduces cybersecurity mechanisms. On November 7, 2016, the Chinese government released a draft version of the Cybersecurity Law (CSL) that will govern China’s cyberspace...more

China Proposes Draft Privacy Legislation with Significant Potential Implications

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 7/21/2015

On July 6, 2015, China’s legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC), circulated for comment two pieces of draft legislation with significant potential implications for data privacy and data security in China. Comments...more

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