Shuoying Li

On September 28, 2023, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) issued the Provisions on Regulating and Facilitating Cross-Border Data Flow (Draft for Comments) (“Draft Rules”) for public comment, with a deadline of October 15, 2023. If formally adopted, the Draft Rules will result in significant changes to the application of data export regulation in China. This article briefly assesses the impact of the Draft Rules on enterprises’ data exports and suggests some next steps. I.

On May 30, 2023, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) officially released the Guidelines for the Filing of Standard Contracts for Cross-border Transfer of Personal Information (Version 1) (“China SCC Guidelines”) to provide guidelines for personal information processors who intend to file the Standard Contract released by the CAC (“China SCC”) with the competent authorities. The release of the China SCC Guidelines indicates that the filing of China SCC has officially commenced.

在《数据出境安全评估办法》（以下简称“《评估办法》”）正式生效前夕，国家互联网信息办公 室（以下简称“国家网信办”）于 2022 年 8 月 31 日正式发布了《数据出境安全评估申报指南（第一 版）》（以下简称“《申报指南》”），针对数据出境安全评估的适用范围、申报方式及流程、申报材料、申报咨询等内容作出了具体说明，为拟申报数据出境安全评估的数据处理者提供指导。 同时，我们也注意到，各地网信办也陆续就安全评估的申请开始推进相应的筹备工作，例如，江苏省互联网信息办公室在 2022 年 9 月 2 日发布了《江苏省数据出境安全评估申报工作指引（第一版）》，北京市互联网信息办公室也设立了数据出境安全评估申报咨询电话。 以下是我们对《申报指南》主要细化的流程和要求的分析和解读。 一、触发安全评估的范围...