Are You Ready for the New China Cybersecurity Law?
"In December 2016, China passed a comprehensive Cybersecurity Law, expanding the country’s data localization requirement once it goes into effect this June and sparking heated debate among Chinese lawmakers. Some experts say even more legislation could be on the way...
The possible criminal penalties, though, should bring pause; Whitaker noted “public surveillance, imprisonment, and the death penalty are all listed as possibilities for violating the state secrets provision of the Cybersecurity Law.” In the past, “documents as innocuous as a list of customers, a pricing spreadsheet, or even a weather report have been deemed state secrets.”"
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