China: Consultation on second draft data security law focussing on data protection including clarifications on scope
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Consultation on second draft data security law focussing on data protection including clarifications on scope
The National People's Congress Standing Committee publishes its second draft of the Data Security Law for consultation, which contains several amendments. It states that the catalogue of "important data" is to be formulated by the State in a unified…
Scope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
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2020-07-03
under deliberation
2021-04-29
in consultation
2021-05-28
processing consultation
2021-06-10
adopted