Europe likes to celebrate its data protection law as a global example. Data protection supervisory authorities independently monitor the lawfulness of the processing of European citizens' data. But a recent case raises many questions. Europe.Table investigated – and came up with some astonishing answers.
By Falk Steiner
Matthias Schroeder, a Beijing-born German lawyer, talks about Chinese lawmakers who feel above their own laws, on different senses of justice between Germans and Chinese, and on the relationship between state and society. In his opinion, the new data protection law will bring about a decisive change for China. Frank Sieren spoke with Schroeder.
By Frank Sieren
For a year, the People's Republic has been working on a data protection law, and now, it has been officially adopted. The PIPL is similar to the EU's General Data Protection Regulation – in practice, it will make it even more difficult for European companies to do business in China.
By Falk Steiner
China's Congress has passed the first national data protection law. Beijing has not only recognized the urgency to dry up the black market that has grown around consumer data. The government also wants to clarify the hitherto open questions surrounding dominance in the business with data. Will the authorities prevail against the tech corporations?
By Ning Wang
For years, Chinese and international companies were able to grow almost unregulated. China's data protection act is intended to prevent that in the future. New data rules have massive consequences for international companies: from data trading centers to surveillance. Data transfer in particular is affected. From algorithms to data laws to hacker attacks - current China data protection news from the Table.editorial team.
