China’s Evolving Personal Information Protection Rules
Since the issuance of the Cyber Security Law (网络安全法)[1] in November 2016, China’s legislature and various government departments have released numerous laws and regulations addressing the protection of personal information, many of which we have...
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Commerce Department Issues, Then Withdraws WeChat Ban Rules; Federal Court Blocks the Ban
On September 18, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce (the “Commerce Department”) issued unpublished rules (the “WeChat Rules”) identifying the transactions prohibited by the August 6, 2020 Executive Order on Addressing the Threat Posed by...
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China Export Controls: Did Beijing Block the TikTok Deal?
On August 28, 2020, China released an updated Catalogue of Prohibited and Restricted Export Technology (中国禁止出口限制出口技术目录) (the “Export Restrictions Catalogue”).[1] The updated Export Restrictions Catalogue includes several new items, two of which might impose a...
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POTUS Bans WeChat
On August 6, 2020, the President of the United States (“POTUS”), Donald J. Trump, issued an Executive Order on Addressing the Threat Posed by WeChat (the “WeChat Order”), a widely used mobile application owned and...
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Apple to Enforce Game Approval Rules in China
On February 24, 2020, various unofficial sources indicated that commencing on June 30, 2020, Apple will require all games published on its China App Store to comply with the existing legal requirement to have a...
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China’s New Game Approval Requirements
On April 19, 2019, the National Administration of Press and Publication (国家新闻出版署) (“NAPP”), also known as the National Copyright Administration (国家版权局) (“NCA”), released new game approval application documents,including new versions of the game application forms,...
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China’s New Foreign Investment Law
On March 15, 2019, the National People’s Congress (the “NPC”) of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC” or “China”) passed the Foreign Investment Law (the “New FIL”). Before the New FIL’s passage, China’s government...
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Foreign Investment Update: CFIUS Reform
Amid the ongoing trade war with China, the U.S. has enacted legislation to reform the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”), which is the government authority tasked with reviewing proposed foreign investments...
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California Consumer Privacy Act 2018 – California’s GDPR?
On September 23, California’s governor Jerry Brown approved Senate Bill 1121 (the “Amendment”), which amends the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA” or the “Act”). The CCPA was originally passed in the wakeof the...
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