Compliance Amid Uncertainty: How Companies are Handling New Data, Personal Information Rules

May 06, 2022 | BY

Vincent Chow

Five months on from our last article on how companies in China are responding to the country's newest data and personal information regulations, we catch up with some of them to see how they have tackled their respective compliance challenges. We also speak with more lawyers to find out other key uncertainties that are making it difficult to carry out practical compliance changes, as well as the areas that the authorities will likely focus on in terms of future enforcement

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Summary


  • Separate consent has emerged as a key compliance challenge but not insurmountable
  • Enforcement against mobile applications already underway, with algorithms likely next in line 
  • Uncertainty over important data still impeding compliance work

 

At Hongkong Land, one of Asia's leading real estate developers, the China legal team has been busy in recent months working out how to comply with a raft of new