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DOJ New Data Transfer Rule Impacts Hiring Practices, Business Operations, and Vendor Management: Time to Review Your Privacy +...

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U.S. organizations should carefully review and ensure their privacy and cybersecurity practices comply with a wide-ranging new federal rule establishing data transfer restrictions regarding sensitive U.S. personal data. The...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

DOJ’s Data Security Program Final Rules Effective - Implications for Telecom Providers

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On January 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued its final rule to implement Executive Order 14117 aimed at preventing access to Americans' bulk sensitive personal data and government-related data by countries...more

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Navigating the New DOJ Data Security Program Compliance

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On January 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued its final rule to implement Executive Order 14117 aimed at preventing access to Americans' bulk sensitive personal data and government-related data by...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

DOJ Limits Enforcement During First 90 Days of US-China Data Export Rules

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In a Press Release issued April 11, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) indicated that it would prioritize “facilitating compliance” over civil enforcement actions for the first 90 days of its new US-China data...more

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DOJ’s Data Export Rule Is In Force April 8: What You Need to Do

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On April 8, 2025, a sweeping rule issued by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) will take effect. The rule imposes restrictions—and in some cases, outright prohibitions—on US companies in connection with certain types of data...more

Lathrop GPM

New DOJ Limits on Cross-Border Data Transfers Prompt Assessment by Businesses

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On April 8, the National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) new rule on cross-border data transfers takes effect. It restricts U.S. businesses from transferring certain bulk sensitive personal data to...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Fortifying US Data: Proposed Rule Would Establish a New Regime To Restrict or Prohibit Certain Data Transactions With Countries of...

On October 29, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published a proposed rule (Proposed Rule) that would restrict or prohibit certain transactions with China, Russia and other countries of concern involving U.S....more

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DOJ Proposes Rules Limiting Transfer of Sensitive Data to Countries and Individuals

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Pursuant to President Biden’s March Executive Order, the DOJ has proposed new rules limiting the transfer of certain categories of data to “countries of concern” or “covered persons”....more

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China Finalizes the Network Data Security Management Regulations and Issues the First Free Trade Zone Data Export Negative List

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On September 24, 2024, the State Council released the Regulations on the Management of Network Data Security (《网络数据安全管理条例》) (“Regulations”). The Regulations focus on prominent issues related to Personal Information (PI),...more

DLA Piper

China: New Definition and Guidelines on Sensitive Personal Information Now Finalised

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We previously wrote about proposed changes to the definition of sensitive personal information under a June 2024 draft of the Guide for Sensitive Personal Information Identification (“Guide“). The Guide has now (September...more

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China: Important New Guidance on Defining Sensitive Personal Information

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While the definition of sensitive personal information in China has always been different to other jurisdictions, with a focus on risk of harm at its heart, new draft guidance should make it easier for organisations to map...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 5, June 2024

We are pleased to announce that several of the firm’s practice groups and attorneys were recognized in the 2024 edition of Chambers USA, a directory of leading law firms and attorneys. Chambers and Partners annually...more

K&L Gates LLP

Safe Harbors Part II - China's Safe Harbor Rules Lower the Barrier for Cross-Border Data Transfer

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In Part I of our alert about China’s new safe harbor rules, we discussed key developments between the draft Provisions on Regulating and Facilitating Cross-Border Data Flow (Chinese version only) and the Provisions on...more

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Safe Harbors Part I – From Regulating to Facilitating: Key Developments in China's Safe Harbor Rules

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Six months after the Cyberspace Administration of China (the CAC) sought public consultation on the draft Provisions on Regulating and Facilitating Cross-Border Data Flow (the Draft Provisions, Chinese version only), the...more

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China Officially Promulgates New Cross-Border Data Transfer Requirements

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The newly promulgated measures increase the threshold of data triggering security assessments and contract requirements while leaving room for Chinese authorities to heavily restrict cross-border data transfers. In...more

Goodwin

US Government Moves to Regulate Cross-Border Transactions Involving Sensitive Data

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In a sweeping, coordinated effort across federal agencies, the US government has taken a giant leap forward to prevent access to data that could be exploited to the detriment of national security. On February 28, 2024,...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Data Privacy: What Nonprofits Need to Know in the United States, EU and UK, and China

From long-standing laws to incoming legislation, global nonprofits must understand the requirements and prepare for scrutiny in their handling of personal data. U.S. privacy regulations are currently a complex framework of...more

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China’s New Outbound Data Transfer Security Assessment Measures and Standard Contract Provisions

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Outbound Data Transfer Security Review Measures - On July 7, 2022, the Cybersecurity Administration of China (“CAC”) issued the Outbound Data Transfer Security Assessment Measures (“Security Assessment Measures”) effective...more

Hogan Lovells

Data protection enforcement progresses in China

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Six months have now passed since China's Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) became effective on November 1, 2021. As noted below, Chinese authorities have recently stepped up enforcement actions relative to PIPL....more

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Part 3 of 5: the PIPL and the Personal Information Security Specification

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In Part 2 of this series, we discussed how the Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”), the centerpiece of China’s personal information (“PI”) protection law, needs to be read in conjunction with other relevant laws,...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

China’s New Data Security Law: What International Companies Need to Know

On June 10, 2021, China’s national legislature – the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed the Data Security Law (the “DSL”). The DSL (see here for a non-official English translation) took effect on...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

China Publishes Regulation on Management of Automobile Data Security

The Regulation on Management of Automobile Data Security (Trial) (Regulation) was passed on the 101st meeting of Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), approved by four other Chinese ministries and officially published on...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

China Enacts Personal Information Protection Law: What Multinational Companies Need to Know

On August 20, 2021, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC or China) enacted the Personal Information Protection Law (PIP Law), which will come into effect on...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

China Publishes New Draft Regulations on Data Security Management of Automobile Operators to Protect Privacy

Based on China’s Cybersecurity Law (effective from June 1, 2017), the latest draft of Personal Information Protection Law and draft of Data Security Law, the new draft regulations would apply not only to automobile producers...more

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China Issues New Personal Information Security Regulations

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China’s State Administration for Market Regulation and the State Standardization Administration issued the recommended national standards named the Information Security Technology - Personal Information Security...more

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