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Beijing clarifies important data, eases personal information transfer controls in negative list

By MLex staff ( September 4, 2024, 06:15 GMT | Insight) -- Data handlers in key industries of the Chinese capital city’s pilot free-trade zone are gaining clarity on what constitutes “important” data requiring export-security reviews, while bracing for relaxed controls over outbound transfers of personal information, as local regulators introduce a “negative-list” regime. China’s recent rules to facilitate cross-border data transfers have empowered free-trade zones to formulate a “negative list,” which will trigger one of China’s three current cross-border data transfer systems, while data not on the list can exit China without restrictions.Data handlers in key industries of the Chinese capital city’s pilot free-trade zone are gaining clarity on what constitutes “important” data requiring export-security reviews, while bracing for relaxed controls over outbound transfers of personal information, as local regulators introduce a “negative-list” regime....

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