Unpacking the China Data Laws

Tech Talks by Mayer Brown

China’s stance toward data privacy and cybersecurity has been a matter of interest for the last several years, most prominently with the June 2017 passage of China’s Cybersecurity Law, and the passage of the Data Security Law and the Personal Information Protection Law in late 2021. Now, more than two years after the 2021 laws were passed, companies wishing to conduct business in this landscape are faced with a daunting set of subsidiary regulations that require self-assessments, impact assessments and certifications to ensure compliance, failure of which can attract potentially heavy fines and restrictions on business operations if circumvented. Join Mayer Brown partner Gabriela Kennedy and host Julian Dibbell as they revisit the China data laws and these latest developments and discuss the effect they’ve had on the industry, and what interested parties should be aware of in the coming years.