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Data handlers in China's Guangdong, Hong Kong get draft guidelines on cross-border personal information protection

( November 2, 2023, 09:33 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: China’s TC260, the national standard-setting body on information security, has issued a set of draft guidelines that aim to boost the safe and orderly flow of cross-border transfers of personal information in nine municipalities in the southern Guangdong province and Hong Kong, the key parts of China's strategic megalopolis Greater Bay Area. Up for public consultation until Nov. 15, the draft guidelines propose basic principles and protection requirements for the cross-border processing of personal information. The guidelines serve as a reference for the personal-data handlers in their processing activities and provide the basis for certifying personal-information protection in the region....

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