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Understanding Mainland Laws – Privacy Commissioner’s Office organises a Webinar on “The Mainland’s Security Assessment Measures on Cross-border Transfers of Data”

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) organised a webinar on “The Mainland’s Security Assessment Measures on Cross-border Transfers of Data” on 29 September 2022. Professor HONG Yan-qing of the School of Law of the Beijing Institute of Technology was invited to speak as one of the guest speakers. Professor Hong highlighted the salient features of the Mainland’s Security Assessment Measures on Cross-border Transfers of Data (Measures) at the webinar.

Another guest speaker, Ms Clarice YUE, Counsel and Head of Data Protection Group for China and Hong Kong of Bird & Bird, shared her insights on how enterprises can prepare themselves to comply with the requirements under the Measures.

At the last session of the webinar, the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling, gave an overview of the “Guidance on Recommended Model Contractual Clauses for Cross-border Transfer of Personal Data” published by the PCPD in May this year.

The webinar attracted more than 170 attendees from various sectors including the banking, government, public bodies, legal, education and insurance sectors.

Please click here to download Ms Yue’s presentation deck. (Chinese Only)

Please click here to download the Privacy Commissioner’s presentation deck. (Chinese Only)

The Privacy Commissioner Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling (top left), Professor HONG Yan-qing of the School of Law of the Beijing Institute of Technology (top right), and Ms Clarice YUE, Counsel of Bird & Bird (bottom), spoke at a webinar on “The Mainland’s Security Assessment Measures on Cross-border Transfers of Data”.