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Data protection is already quite complicated in Europe. If two new Chinese data protection laws are added to the mix, it will be difficult to comply with all the requirements. What data does a company have to store in China according to Chinese rules? What data is it not allowed to store according to EU rules? The contradictions between the legislations are foreseeable, as Falk Steiner reports. While the details are still unclear, the amount of the fines is already known. Those responsible face fines of up to €125,000. Consultants and lawyers will profit a lot from the laws.
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Ning Wang
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Despite new data law: uncertainty remains
China wants to regulate the handling of data with two laws at once. This is in line with the trend to give more and more areas of law a clearer framework. But as always, the state reserves considerable influence despite the apparent increase in transparency.
The new data security law and the upcoming data protection law are further signs that the state leadership wants to contain the de facto power of technology corporations and also oblige foreign companies to cooperate. They are a systematically logical building block for China’s path to digital sovereignty, which is being increasingly tackled, not least under the impression of the economic sanctions imposed by the US. The People’s Republic is thus creating a law that both foreign and domestic companies can formally invoke. At least on paper, this creates legal certainty, which European representatives have often called for.
The two laws are:
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