We are a foreign company operating in China, how should we deal with the cross-border provision of personal information in accordance with the Personal Information Protection Act?
Answer: Many businesses now have close communication with offshore customers, suppliers or parent companies. The manager of a business may talk to the parent company about an employee who is ill and calls in sick, or he may report a client’s personal issue. This potentially involves the cross-border provision of personal information. The Personal Information Protection Act requires that companies in China should follow one of the three pathways when providing personal information outside of China.
