Seminar on Data Protection Compliance

2018-05-24 | Beijing

The European Chamber organised a seminar titled Preparing for Challenges in the Year of Data Protection, to examine the compliance readiness of businesses with regard to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), effective on 25 May 2018, and the Chinese Personal Information Security Specification, effective on 1 May 2018.

Michael Chang, Vice President of the European Chamber opened the event and underlined the importance of complying with two sets of equally comprehensive rules. Dominique Klein, First Counsellor at the EU Delegation to China, and Prof. Wu Shenkuo, Law Professor at Beijing Normal University, Senior Consultant of United Nations for Cybersecurity & Cybercrime, Consultant at Supreme People’s Court and Secretary-General of Research Centre of Internet Society of China, outlined the key compliance aspects under GDPR and the Chinese data protection system respectively, as well as the consequences of non-compliance. The presentations were followed by a panel and Q&A featuring an array of leading data protection experts, including Prof. Wu, Hong Yanqing, Research Director at Internet Development Research Institute, Peking University, Bernard Tan, Assistant General Counsel & Data Protection and Privacy Officer at SAP, Barbara Li, Vice Chair of Cybersecurity Sub-working Group & Partner at Norton Rose Fulbright, and Bruce Fu, Vice Chair of ICT Working Group and Senior Director & Co-lead of the Global Tech Practice at APCO Worldwide.