Measures for the Security Assessment of Overseas Transfer of Data

数据出境安全评估办法

Self-assessment is required before filing for security assessment of data transfer.

(Promulgated by the Cyberspace Administration of China on July 7, 2022 and effective as of September 1, 2022.)

(国家互联网信息办公室于二零二二年七月七日公布，自二零二二年九月一日起施行。)

Order of the CAC No.11

国家网信办令第11号

Article 1:   These Measures have been formulated pursuant to laws and regulations such as the PRC Cybersecurity Law, the PRC Data Security Law and the PRC Law on the Protection of Personal Information in order to regulate the activities of overseas (meaning outside of mainland China) transfer of data1, protect rights and interests in personal information, safeguard national security and the public interest, and promote the secure cross-border (here and hereafter meaning outside of mainland China) transfer and free flow of data.

第一条 为了规范数据出境活动，保护个人信息权益，维护国家安全和社会公共利益，促进数据跨境安全、自由流动，根据《中华人民共和国网络安全法》、《中华人民共和国数据安全法》、《中华人民共和国个人信息保护法》等法律法规，制定本办法。

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