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The Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (Privacy Commissioner), Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling, published an article entitled “A Trusted Framework for the Cross-boundary Flow of Personal Information within the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area” on Hong Kong Lawyer.
 
In the article, the Privacy Commissioner introduced the Standard Contract for Cross-boundary Flow of Personal Information Within the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area (Mainland, Hong Kong) (“the GBA SC”) jointly formulated and published by the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”), the Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (“ITIB”) and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) on 13 December 2023.  As a facilitation measure to promote cross-boundary flows of personal information (i.e., personal data) in the Greater Bay Area, the GBA SC simplifies the compliance requirements for conducting cross-boundary flows of personal information within the Greater Bay Area, thereby promoting the development of the Greater Bay Area’s digital economy and assisting Hong Kong in integrating into the national development of the Mainland.   
 
The Privacy Commissioner encourages enterprises to adopt the GBA SC to effect cross-boundary transfers of personal information in the Greater Bay Area, and reminded personal information processors (including data users) and the recipients of the data who intend to adopt the GBA SC to pay attention to their specific obligations and responsibilities under the GBA SC.  
 
Please click here to read the article.