On 26 December 2022, the National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee (TC260) released the Rules on Security Certification of Overseas Processing of Personal Information Ver. 2.0 (the “Rules on Certification”) as one applicable standard mentioned by the Notice of the Implementation of Protection Certification of Personal Information (the “Notice”) which is issued on 18 November 2022.
The Rules on Certification will the basic standards for the certifying authority to conduct the security certifications on the overseas processing of personal information. The Rules on Certification expressly set out the principles that the processors have to follow when conducting an overseas processing of personal information, the requirement for the protection of personal information to be provided by the overseas receiver of the personal information and the interests and rights of the information subjects.
For more information about the Rules on Certification, please check TC260’s official homepage (https://www.tc260.org.cn/front/postDetail.html?id=202 21216161852).
