TikTok and China’s New Cases on Personal Information

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China’s greenlight to allow American ownership of TikTok’s U.S. operations helps address concerns that Chinese ownership of this popular platform for short videos could put millions of U.S. users’ personal information at risk. This deal should alert Chinese leaders that other Chinese companies operating overseas could face similar challenges unless the country demonstrates its commitment to the protection of personal information. Two Guiding Cases recently issued by the Supreme People’s Court provide a glimpse of the judicial application of China’s rules on personal information. More importantly, these two de facto binding cases in China are just the beginning, as revealed by the highest court.Read more

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Since late 2021, China has been pushing the development of the Metaverse and expressing its keen interest in joining the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement, which was signed by Chile, New Zealand, and Singapore in June 2020. These efforts and their latest developments, together with President XI Jinping’s current visit to Central Asia, help show China’s strategic preparations for the future.Read more

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The coming into effect of the Measures for the Security Assessment of Outbound Data Transfers (the “Measures”) on September 1 is expected to trigger a series of security assessments conducted by the Cyberspace Administration of China (the “CAC”). Any “data processor” planning to transfer to another country “important data” collected and generated inside China is required to pass the CAC’s security assessment. If the CAC decides against the data processor, can the CAC’s decision be challenged in court? Read more