MANY businesses in China will have to seek approval from Chinese authorities before transferring data abroad, according to rules released this week, reports the Wall Street Journal.
Beijing has introduced a growing number of regulations to control data, the latest having been published by China's internet regulator and will go ito effect September 1.
This will likely increase compliance costs for businesses and push more multinationals to store data in the country, legal experts say.
They follow a draft released in October, and clarify procedures for data generated in China to be shipped to or accessed from overseas.
'Critical information infrastructure operators' - companies processing data for key industries such as telecommunications, defence, energy and finance - must pass a security review by the Cyberspace Administration of China before they can transfer personal data abroad, according to the rules.
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Beijing has introduced a growing number of regulations to control data, the latest having been published by China's internet regulator and will go ito effect September 1.
This will likely increase compliance costs for businesses and push more multinationals to store data in the country, legal experts say.
They follow a draft released in October, and clarify procedures for data generated in China to be shipped to or accessed from overseas.
'Critical information infrastructure operators' - companies processing data for key industries such as telecommunications, defence, energy and finance - must pass a security review by the Cyberspace Administration of China before they can transfer personal data abroad, according to the rules.
SeaNews Turkey
