China Soon Will Enact Data Export Reviews, Report Says
China will officially begin security reviews for certain data exports Sept. 1, Reuters reported July 7, allowing China to regulate how its companies can send the information overseas. The reviews could capture past transactions conducted by a range of firms, including any entities that have sent personal information overseas belonging to 100,000 or more users, or “sensitive" personal information of 10,000 or more users, since Jan. 1, 2021, the report said.
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The U.S. closely monitors certain acquisition attempts of U.S. personal data through the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. A bipartisan group of lawmakers last month introduced a bill that could place new controls on certain exports of U.S. personal data to foreign companies and governments (see 2206240016).