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No imminent easing of ban on re-transfer of personal data under new regime, Hong Kong official says

By MLex Staff ( April 15, 2024, 05:48 GMT | Insight) -- While a regime for the transfer of personal information from mainland China to Hong Kong through a standard contract has been in place since last year, there is no chance of easing the re-transfer of such data from the city to abroad anytime soon, due to data-security concerns, MLex has learned. This continued restriction is likely to quash the hopes of multinational companies for the removal of the barrier that currently prevents them from sending the data to their parent companies outside Hong Kong.While a regime for the transfer of personal information from mainland China to Hong Kong through a standard contract has been in place since last year, there is no chance of easing the re-transfer of such data from the city to abroad anytime soon, due to data-security concerns, MLex has learned....

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