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China Launched Pilot Program Permitting Foreign Enterprises’ Greater Participation in Value-Added Telecommunications Services

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 11/7/2024

On October 23, 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (“MIIT”) launched a pilot program expanding foreign access to value-added telecommunications services in four pilot regions, namely, Beijing, Shanghai,...more

Ankura CTIX FLASH Update - August 2022

Ankura on 8/16/2022

Ransomware/Malware Activity - Twitter Confirms Data Breach Affecting 5.4 Million Account Profiles - On August 5, 2022, Twitter confirmed it has suffered a data breach after receiving a report of a vulnerability through...more

China Issues Revised Measures on Cybersecurity Review Over Network Operators

Goodwin on 1/25/2022

In response to recent data security concerns arising from overseas listings of Chinese internet companies operating in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”), the Cyberspace Administration of China (the “CAC”) has issued...more

RuNet Law Comes Into Force: What Is Next

Latham & Watkins LLP on 11/27/2019

As Russia’s internet law imposes new obligations on technology and infrastructure companies, the Russian government considers subordinate legislation. On November 1, 2019, the majority of provisions of Russia’s internet...more

Chinese Regulation of Children's Personal Data Goes into Effect

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 10/3/2019

On October 1, 2019, China’s new regulation to protect personal data related to children – called the “Measures on Online Protection of Children’s Personal Data” – went into effect. As we wrote in June, when a draft of the...more

China’s New Draft Encryption Law

Perkins Coie on 9/4/2019

The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress released the Encryption Law of the People’s Republic of China (Draft) for public comment on July 5, 2019 (the “2019 Draft”). The Encryption Law is being enacted to do...more

China's Internet Regulator Drafts COPPA-Like Rules for Children's Data Privacy

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 6/7/2019

In early June, the Cyberspace Administration of China released for public comment new draft regulations applicable to the collection of personal information relating to children under 14 by online service providers. The...more

Update on Enforcement of China’s Cybersecurity Law

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 11/16/2018

Companies doing business in China may see an increase in enforcement actions with the enactment of a new cybersecurity regulation and the enforcement powers of the Public Security Bureaus (PSBs) officially codified. The...more

China's New Cybersecurity Law Brings Enforcement Crackdown

Jones Day on 10/16/2017

The Situation: Earlier this year, the People's Republic of China enacted its Cybersecurity Law, which granted authorities broad, explicit powers to monitor and investigate activities falling under its purview, along with the...more

China’s Cyberspace Administration announces first state level investigations under Cybersecurity Law

Dechert LLP on 8/16/2017

China’s Cyberspace Administration announced that it has commenced investigations into Tencent Wechat, Sina Weibo and Baidu Tieba for violation of China’s Cybersecurity Law late last week (11 August 2017). More particularly,...more

Draft Rule Would Require Security Assessment for Internet-Based New Business in China

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 6/29/2017

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China (MIIT) released the draft of “Measures on Security Assessment for Internet-based New Business” for public comment in early June, and the deadline for submitting the...more

PRC’s New Cybersecurity Law to be implemented on June 1, 2017

Dechert LLP on 5/31/2017

Potential Implications for Foreign Network Products and Services - Cybersecurity is of national strategic importance to China, which has the largest group of internet users and the largest internet market in the world....more

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