中国的个人信息规范：修订版
3月6日，中国标准化管理委员会（SAC）与国家市场监管总局（SAMR）联合发布了GB/T 35273-2020《信息安全技术 个人信息安全规范》、即《信息安全技术--个人信息安全规范》，将于2020年10月1日正式生效。该规范将取代已生效的GB/T 35273-2017。
中国的恶意软件：对不起，技术宅男，仍然没有地方可以躲藏
在《中国政府正通过后门进入你的网络，而你仍然无处可藏》一文中，我解释了中国的银行是如何要求其账户持有人安装恶意软件，从而使中国政府能够看到所有账户持有人的数据--财务或其他数据。我们收到了一系列常见的评论
中国政府正通过后门进入你的网络，而你仍然无处可藏。
中国政府及其国家控制的银行在过去十年中一直在努力将财务报告和程序 "数字化"。如今，在中国经营的企业几乎不需要访问中国政府机构办公室或银行。交易和报告都在网上完成。对于正常的日常运作，这意味着所有的
On COVID-19, Cryptocurrencies, and Geopolitics
By James Cooper On Friday, April 24, I led a continuing legal education program along with my colleague Emilio Cazares of Sheppard Mullin in San Diego and co-founder of the San Diego Blockchain Forum. Invited by Fred Rocafort of Harris Sliwoski and Leonid Kisselev of the International Practice Section of the Washington State Bar Association,
California’s New Data Privacy Laws (CCPA) Could Crush China-Focused Businesses
It’s been a while since I’ve written about the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) on this blog, but now’s as good a time as any. CCPA is a consumer privacy law that took effect earlier this year, applies to businesses across the globe, and has some unique ramifications for companies that do business in China.
China’s Glorious New Internet Censorship: What a Beautiful World This Will Be
The below post was written by one of our China lawyers who wishes to remain anonymous for fear of what might happen to him/her the next time he/she goes to China. So my name is going on this because I wrote the introduction and I have no plans to go to China until the CCP
How to Protect Your Company Information When You Travel to China
A lawyer’s job is to discern their clients’ risks and help them avoid them. We are both trained and paid to be paranoid. Years ago, when I was in Tokyo on a particularly sensitive international law matter, I left my hotel room as I had done pretty much every day for the last 7-8 days and
China Streaming or China Dreaming? The Outlook for Foreign VOD
The numbers coming out of China continue to amaze. There are 855 million digital consumers in China and they have more than twice as many internet users as the US has people. The Chinese are spending an average of 358 minutes per day online. They spend 8% of their online time streaming video content. A
New California Data Privacy Law Will Affect Businesses Across the Globe
This isn’t the first time I’ve written on the China Law Blog about the California Consumer Privacy Act (or “CCPA”), California’s massive new privacy law that many compare to EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (or “GDPR”), but it’s certainly becoming more important now as CCPA takes effect in about six weeks. If you weren’t taking CCPA seriously
How China’s New CyberSecurity Laws Can (Will?) Destroy Your Business
In China’s New Cybersecurity Program: NO Place to Hide and again in China’s New Cybersecurity System: There is NO Place to Hide we wrote how China’s new “cybersecurity” laws give the Chinese government and its prized companies full and total access to all data and IP held by foreign companies. Yesterday, in China’s New Cryptography Law: Still No Place to