Month: April 2022

Part 2: PIPL and GDPR Compliance Obligations on Cross-Border Transfers of Personal Information

As explained in our previous blog post, in addition to the requirements for adopting a cross-border transfer mechanism, China’s Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) set out further compliance obligations on the cross-border transfer of personal information.[1] Before controllers (under the GDPR) […]

Cross-Border Data Transfers: PIPL vs. GDPR vs. CCPA

Multinational companies often encounter questions regarding if and when they can transfer personal information[1] across borders. The People’s Republic of China’s Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) adds new considerations for these inquiries[2], such as: Can employers in the China store their Chinese employees’ personal information on databases hosted in foreign […]