Cross-Border Data Transfer New Draft Measures Offer Clarification on Security Review


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The Cyberspace Administration of China has released draft measures detailing requirements for security reviews for cross-border data transfer.Industry players have been waiting for such measures ever since China issued legislation subjecting companies that want to export certain types of data to a security assessment. The draft measures offer clarity on the governmental body responsible for overseeing security assessments and what procedures companies must undergo to get clearance to transfer data overseas. On October 29, 2021, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) released a draft version of theMeasures for Data Export Security Assessment(the ‘assessment measures’) to solicit opinions from the public...