China:
China Releases Final Personal Information Protection Standard
14 March 2018
by
Daniel J. McLoon
,
Mauricio Paez
,
Richard Johnson
,
Jonathon Little
,
Todd McClelland
,
Jeff Rabkin
,
Lisa M. Ropple
,
Adam Salter
,
Michiru Takahashi
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Olivier Haas
,
Jörg Hladjk
and
Anand Varadarajan
Jones Day
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On January 2, the National Information Security Standardization
Technical Committee released the final version of the "GB/T
35273-2017 Information Security Technology—Personal
Information Security Specification" (source document in
Chinese). The Personal Information Security Specification sets out
best practices for enforcing China's data protection rules and
applies to "personal data controllers" and those with the
right to decide the purpose and method of processing personal
information. The Personal Information Security Specification also
protects "personal sensitive information," defined as
information that may lead to bodily harm, property damage,
reputational damage, harm to personal heath, or discriminative
treatment if such data is disclosed, unlawfully provided, or
abused. The law will take effect on May 1.
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