Past Events

China’s Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) took effect in November 2021. The new rules go hand-in-hand with the country’s existing Cybersecurity Law and Data Security Law to form China’s new data protection legal framework. The new law marks a significant attempt by the authorities to balance data protection and technological advancement in the digital age, in which data has become a valuable commodity.

At a webinar on 17 February, Alexander May, Data Privacy Practice Leader (Hong Kong, Corporate) from Hill Dickinson, shared the key principles underpinning the PIPL as well as the differences between the PIPL and other data privacy laws, such as the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). He also discussed key data compliance issues related to the law, including the rights of data subjects, obligations of personal information processors, data-breach notification obligations and cross-border data transfers.