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Shanghai flags data breaches, illegal cross-border transfers in 2025 enforcement

By MLex Staff ( January 19, 2026, 09:15 GMT | Insight) -- Shanghai’s internet regulator has highlighted eight enforcement cases that reflect its regulatory priorities in 2025, covering data security compliance, illegal cross-border data transfers and violations of personal information rights and interests. The cases show how Shanghai authorities stepped up enforcement last year under the Cybersecurity Law, the Data Security Law, the Personal Information Protection Law, or PIPL, and the Regulations on the Security Management of Network Data.Shanghai’s internet regulator has highlighted eight enforcement cases that reflect its regulatory priorities in 2025, covering data security compliance, illegal cross-border data transfers and violations of personal information rights and interests....

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