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China Issues Draft Regulations on Network Data Security
On November 14, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued a draft of
the Regulations on Network Data Security (网络数据安全管理条例(征求意见稿)
[http://www.cac.gov.cn/2021-11/14/c_1638501991577898.htm] (link in Chinese)).
The draft is open to public comments until December 13.
The draft is part of the
U.S. Senators Introduce New Bill to Broaden CFIUS
On November 2, Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) introduced
a bill to expand the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the
United States (CFIUS) to review foreign investments where sensitive personal
information is involved.
The bill, S. 3130
[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/
MIIT Identifies 55 Apps That Violated User Rights
On November 3, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)
issued
[https://www.miit.gov.cn/jgsj/xgj/gzdt/art/2021/art_cb78e71c3200476c97f86ff74611faf9.html]
(link in Chinese) a list of 55 apps which were found to have violated users'
legal rights. The MIIT requires these companies to
China Proposes Measures on Security Assessment for Data Exports
On October 29, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued a draft (link in Chinese) of Measures on Security Assessment of Data Exports (数据出境安全评估办法) (unofficial English translation here). The draft is now open for public comments until November 28, 2021. The draft is formulated in accordance with China’s Data
MIIT Issues Draft Measures Governing Data in Industry and Telecommunication
On September 30, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)
issued the Measures for the Administration of Data Security in Industry and
Information Areas (Provisional) (Draft for Comment)
(工业和信息化领域数据安全管理办法（试行）（征求意见稿）). The draft is now open for public comments until
October 30.
According to an explanation
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MIIT Calls Out 267 Apps That Violated User Rights
In August, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) listed
267 apps in three batches, including WeChat and several major online streaming
apps, that were found to have violated user rights, and have not resolved these
problems within the period of time they were given to do
China Issues Its First Personal Information Protection Law
On August 20, China’s Standing Committee of National People’s Congress passed the nation’s first Personal Information Protection Law (个人信息保护法) (PIPL) (informal English version here). It is modeled after the Europe Union's General Data Protection Regulation, and has been called by some western media “one of
