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04/01/2017

Cybersecurity Law in China (DIEEEI01-2017)

The Cybersecurity Law promulgated on November 7th in the People's Republic of China regulates, with only 79 articles, aspects so uneven as data protection, business requirements and even the applicable sanctions, for what, in other countries, several laws, rules and codes are required. The brevity is achieved through ambiguity that also allows for interpretation and provides the Chinese Government with the tools for monitoring, censorship and protectionism that have raised reactions from human rights defence organizations as well as international businesses in the sector. Questions about the rights and obligations of the citizens and enterprises are dealt with using an approach that centralizes responsibility on the State, in alignment with the cyberspace governance model that the country promotes internationally, opposite to the public-private cooperation promoted by the comparable regulations of other countries.

Author: David Ramírez Morán

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