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Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Issues New Data Protection Regulations

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Hunton & Williams LLP

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China (the “MIIT”) recently issued a regulation entitled “Several Provisions on Regulating Market Orders of Internet Information Services” (the “New Regulations”). The New Regulations, which will take effect on March 15, 2012, include significant new data protection requirements applicable to Internet information service providers (“IISPs”). Consistent with data protection regimes currently in place elsewhere in the world, IISPs will be required to provide much stronger protection for the personal data they collect from users in China, and will be subject to notice and consent requirements, collection limitations and use limitations.

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New Chinese Legislation Includes Provisions Protecting Personal Information

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Hunton & Williams LLP

In the past two months, Chinese national authorities amended a law, and provincial authorities in Jiangsu Province issued a new regulation, both of which include provisions concerning the protection of personal information.

Law of the People’s Republic of China on Resident Identity Cards

Any Chinese citizen who resides in China is required to obtain a resident identity card when he or she turns 16 years old. The cards carry information which generally would be considered personal information under Chinese law, such as name, gender, date of birth, home address and identity card number. The Law of the People’s Republic of China on Resident Identity Cards, a national law originally enacted in 2003, was amended on October 29, 2011, to include the following new provisions on the protection of personal information: Continue reading…

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Mexico Hosts 33rd International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Hunton & Williams LLP

On November 2-3, 2011, Mexico’s Federal Institute for Access to Information and Data Protection (“IFAI”) will host the 33rd International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Mexico City. Marty Abrams, President of the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP, is the chairman of the Conference’s advisory panel and principal advisor to Conference organizers on program content. Hunton & Williams is a proud sponsor of the event which will feature Hunton representatives as speakers or moderators on multiple panels and plenary sessions, including the following:

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Beijing Court Finds 21 Defendants Guilty of Criminal Privacy Violations

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Hunton & Williams LLP

On August 5, 2011, the Beijing Second Intermediate People’s Court announced its decision in what is reported to be the largest criminal case to date involving the misuse of personal information in Beijing, China.  The Court based its ruling on Article 7 of the Seventh Amendment to the Criminal Law, which applies to three types of criminal activities: (1) illegal sale of citizens’ personal information, (2) illegal provision of citizens’ personal information, and (3) illegal access to citizens’ personal information.
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China Proposes New Rule Including Protections for Personal Information on the Internet

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Hunton & Williams LLP

On July 27, 2011, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China (the “MIIT”) published a draft rule including provisions regulating the processing of personal information by “Internet Information Service Providers.”  The draft rule, entitled “Provisions on the Administration of Internet Information Services” (the “Draft Provisions”), is not the first rule regulating Internet information services in China.  In 2000, the MIIT enacted the “Measures for the Administration of Internet Information Services” (the “Measures”), which took effect on September 25, 2000.  However, the Measures do not include any explicit provisions addressing the protection of personal information. Continue reading…

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China Issues New Measures to Protect Credit Card Holders

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Hunton & Williams LLP

On January 13, 2011, the China Banking Regulatory Commission issued Measures for the Supervision and Administration of the Credit Card Businesses of Commercial Banks (the “Measures”), which took effect that same day. The Measures are reported to be the first comprehensive regulations relating to the credit card business in China, and include a number of provisions on the protection of personal information by commercial banks, as detailed below.

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China: Draft of Personal Information Protection Guidelines Issued for Comment

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Hunton & Williams LLP

A draft document, entitled Information Security Technology – Guidelines for Personal Information Protection, has been issued in China for comment.  While comments are being solicited at this time, if issued in its proposed form, this document has the potential to add significantly to the rules governing the handling of personal information in China.  Read More…

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Update: Privacy and the Protection of Personal Information in China

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Hunton & Williams LLP

In our August 2009 blog post on data protection issues in China, we noted that there was no uniform Chinese law that specifically addresses the protection of personal data, and that it seemed likely that Chinese personal information protection law would continue to develop as a patchwork of piecemeal regulations. This remains true today, and developments since our previous article was published have in fact reinforced this assumption. In the past year and a half, new laws affecting personal information protection in China have arisen in various forms, including a consumer protection law and regulations, a tort law, a medical records regulation, a social insurance law, a credit reference regulation and even an anti-money laundering banking regulation. Our recent article provides updates on Chinese data protection law.

A Summary of Developments in Personal Information Protection in China was originally published on the DataGuidance website.

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New Chinese Tort Liability Law Contains Provisions Affecting Personal Data

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Hunton & Williams LLP

On December 26, 2009, the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress passed a landmark new law that contains provisions affecting personal data. The new law will go into effect on July 1, 2010.

The P.R.C. Tort Liability Law is a wide-ranging law that imposes tort liability for matters ranging from environmental damage to product liability to animal bites. Certain of its provisions relate, expressly or in a general sense, to personal information. These provisions can cause data users to incur liability to data subjects for the mishandling of personal information.

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Provincial Consumer Protection Regulations in China May Affect Personal Data

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Hunton & Williams LLP

Although China has yet to enact a national data protection law, certain provincial-level rules implementing national consumer protection laws impact the collection and use of personal data.  These provincial regulations may warrant specific attention by entities doing business in the relevant Chinese provinces.  The impact of each of these will often be limited, both because they affect only enterprises doing business in the respective provinces and because the actual requirements of each of these regulations are typically modest.  Also, the potential penalties for violation are manageable in most cases. In addition, these provincial regulations could be superseded by national-level data protection legislation, depending on its terms.  Read more…

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