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    27/03/2024
    China

    Navigating China’s New Data Export Regulations: Companies’ Permissible Omissions and Essential Actions

    On 22 March 2024, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) promulgated the Provisions on Regulating and Facilitating Cross-border Data Flow (“Provisions”). The Provisions have come into effect immediately as of 22 March 2024.It is a positive signal sent out by the Chinese government for smoothing and facilitating outbound data flow. According to the Provisions, some companies may be exempted from the obligation to pass security assessment, file the standard contract recordal or obtain personal information protection certification. However, this conclusion cannot be...
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    26/03/2024
    China

    China relaxes Cross-Border Data Transfer Rules with New Provisions

    On 22 March 2024, the Cyberspace Administration of China (the “CAC”) issued the Provisions on Regulating and Promoting Cross-border Data Transfers (the “Promoting Cross-Border Data Transfer Provisions” or “Promoting CBDT Provisions”), signalling a relaxation of China’s administration of cross-border data transfers. The Promoting CBDT Provisions relax cross-border data transfers in several aspects, including providing clear guidance for determining what constitutes “important data”, providing exemption of channel option requirements for certain...
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    18/03/2024
    Germany

    The DGA is expected to spur on data altruism

    Voluntary data donations are intended to make data widely usable. The DGA wants to build trust in data altruism organisations.The range of applications in which the use of data and information is playing an ever-increasing role is extremely broad: From the healthcare sector to the automotive industry, data can yield considerable benefits to any company or research institution. In addition, artificial intelligence (AI) requires large amounts of data to be analysed in order to be useful. However, data can only be used to benefit the general public if they have been collected and made available to...
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    18/03/2024
    Sweden

    Cyber- och in­form­a­tionssäker­het - Uppdatering av NIS-direktivet (NIS 2)

    Det så kallade NIS-direktivet  1 Direktivet (EU) 2016/1148 om åtgärder för en hög gemensam nivå på säkerhet i nätverks- och informationssystem i hela unionen.  har uppdaterats genom NIS2-direktivet som ska börja tillämpas senast den 18 oktober 2024. Uppdateringen syftar till att öka EU:s övergripande cybersäkerhetsnivå och innebär skärpta krav för aktörer inom såväl privat som offentlig sektor.NIS-direktivet berör aktörer...
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    13/03/2024
    Turkiye

    Data protection reform in Türkiye: a step towards alignment with EU’s GDPR

    In a major step towards compliance with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), on February 16, 2024, lawmakers in Türkiye submitted a Draft Law to the General Assembly of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) as part of the 8th Legislative Package on long-awaited amendments to the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (LPPD). The proposed amendments were approved on March 2, 2024, and the draft law is awaiting the approval of the President of the Republic.The most important changes in the Draft Law, which significantly facilitate compliance with global data protection standards,...
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    05/02/2024
    China

    2024 – Topics that may Concern You

    In China, companies constantly have to deal with changes in regulations and new laws. This will also continue in 2024.Topics such as update to the PRC Company Law, adapting Joint Ventures in accordance with the PRC Foreign Investment Law and the PRC Company Law, cross-border data transfer, employment management in the digital age, developments in China's competition law regime etc. will continue to be a concern for most companies in China in 2024. Complying with regulatory requirements is one of the key challenges for foreign companies and investors in China, not only in terms of general compliance,...
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