CAC Released Security Assessment Measures for Cross-Border Transfer of Personal Information (Draft for Comment)

On Jun 13th, CAC released the Security Assessment Measures for Cross-Border Transfer of Personal Information (Draft for Comment), with a comment deadline of Jul 13th. This document was first released in April 2017 under the name Security Assessment Measures for Cross-Border Transfer of Personal Information and Important Data to solicit public comments, which USITO submitted at that time. Later, in May and August, two revision drafts were circulated during USITO's meetings with CAC. One of the key changes to emerge since the 2017 draft is that "personal information-related cross-border transfers" are no longer bundled together with "important data,"-a change that USITO suggested to CAC.