The Cyberspace Administration of China on April 11 released Measures for the Security Assessment of Personal Information and Critical Data Leaving the Country, intended to assist in the implementation of China’s new Cybersecurity Law. Scott Livingston of Simone IP Services writes for Privacy Tracker that the draft appears to "expand the scope of China’s data localization and security review requirements to a wider range of companies than originally thought covered by the Cybersecurity Law." If issued as is, the measures could "dramatically increase compliance costs for China-based companies that transfer or store data overseas" and "stoke further fears of IP theft in a country already well-known for IP abuses." Livingston offers an analysis of the draft measures' main provisions and how they would apply to foreign businesses.
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