China Releases Updated Regulations on Permits Needed for Transferring Data out of China

On March 22, 2024, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) published the Regulations on Promoting and Regulating Cross-border Data Flow (the “Regulations”), effective immediately. The Regulations supplement China data protection laws (the Cybersecurity Law, the Data Security Law, and the Personal Information Protection Law), and take precedence over previously-issued data transfer rules, such as (a) the Measures for the Security Assessment of Outbound Data Transfer (effective September 1,…
By: Alston & Bird