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China Adopts Data Security Law
On June 10, 2021, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China adopted the Data Security Law (DSL), which will become effective on September 1, 2021. Together with the Cybersecurity Law (CSL) and the Personal Information Protection Law (Second Draft) (PIPL), these legislative developments demonstrate China’s effort to build a comprehensive regulatory system to address the protection and processing of data with an increased focus on national security.