Announcement
07 Nov 2016
June 1st, 2017 - The 'PRC Internet Security Law', approved in November 2016, came into effect. The law emphasises the protection of 'critical information infrastructure' in several key industries, including a clause that obliges any information 'generated or collected' by said infrastructure to be stored within the PRC. The law also states that 'critical network equipment' and 'cybersecurity products' must be government-approved.
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Implementation date
01 Jun 2017
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Updated: 07 Nov 2016
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On June 1st, 2017, a new 'PRC Internet Security Law' (hereafter, 'New Law', commonly referred to by English media as China's 'Cybersecurity Law') that was mooted in 2016 and approved that November,...
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