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Data security according to the EU Model

The new Chinese data protection law, the Data Security Law (DSL), which is to regulate the use of personal data, is largely based on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Unlike the EU, Beijing reserves extensive data processing powers. For foreign companies with data in China, the legal basis will change this year.

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Frank Sieren
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The National People’s Congress already introduced the draft for the new Data Security Law (DSL) in July 2020. In contrast to the Cyber Security Law (CSL), which has been in force since 2017, the Data Security Law is intended to provide the framework for the regulation of all activities involving data in China, not only digital data but also analog paper-based offline data.

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