China question: What do I need to consider when collecting information for an investigation?
April 10, 2016 | BY
Katherine Jo &clp articlesWe are a U.S.-headquartered multinational company and our China subsidiary is suspected of commercial misconduct. How do I gather the evidence and manage U.S. regulators' requests while ensuring full compliance with China's employment, personal information and data privacy laws?
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The law firm perspective
The Chinese government has promulgated a multitude of laws to prohibit disclosure of protectable data, including state secrets, personal information and trade secrets. Thus, satisfying a foreign regulator's data request without considering local data privacy laws could trigger legal liabilities for multinational companies (MNCs) whose data is located in the PRC.