On April 11, 2019, three Chinese bodies issued the Guide to Protection of Security of Internet Personal Information. This blog entry provides an overview of the Guide.
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China Publishes the Draft Regulations on the Classified Protection of Cybersecurity
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Recently, the Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China published the Draft Regulations on the Classified Protection of Cybersecurity and is seeking comments from the public by July 27, 2018. …
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FTC Issues Warning Letters for Potential COPPA Violations
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On April 27, 2018, the FTC issued two warning letters to foreign marketers of geolocation tracking devices for violations of the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.…
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National Standard on Personal Information Security Goes into Effect in China
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On May 1, 2018, the Information Security Technology – Personal Information Security Specification went into effect in China. The Specification should be taken seriously as a best practice in personal data protection in China, and should be complied with where feasible.…
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China Releases National Standard on Personal Information Security
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On January 25, 2018, the Standardization Administration of China published the full text of the Information Security Technology – Personal Information Security Specification.…
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China Publishes Second Draft of E-Commerce Law for Comment
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On November 7, 2017, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China published the second draft of the E-commerce Law and is allowing the general public an opportunity to comment through November 26, 2017. …
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China Releases Four Draft Guidelines in Relation to Cybersecurity Law
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On August 31, 2017, the National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee of China published four draft voluntary guidelines in relation to the Cybersecurity Law of China. The Draft Guidelines are open for comment from the general public until October 13, 2017.…
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China Releases Draft Guidelines on De-Identification of Personal Information
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Recently, the National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee of China published a draft document entitled Information Security Technology – Guidelines for De-Identifying Personal Information. The Draft Guidelines are open for comment from the general public until October 9, 2017.…
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Hunton Privacy Team Publishes Several Chapters in International Comparative Legal Guide to Data Protection
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Hunton & Williams’ Global Privacy and Cybersecurity lawyers prepared several chapters in the recently released The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Data Protection 2017, including the opening chapter on “All Change for Data Protection: The European Data Protection Regulation.” This blog entry provides a link to access the relevant chapters.…
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First Enforcement Actions Brought Pursuant to China’s Cybersecurity Law
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In the wake of China’s Cybersecurity Law coming into effect at the beginning of June, local authorities in Shantou and Chongqing have brought enforcement actions against information technology companies for violations of the Cybersecurity Law. These are, reportedly, the first enforcement actions brought pursuant to the Cybersecurity Law.…
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