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We finally have a full draft of China’s data classification scheme – and its daunting

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On Wednesday, TC260, China’s cybersecurity technical standards body, published a draft data classification standard.
Background: The Cybersecurity Law and Data Security Law establish differential security requirements for “Important” and “Core” data.
The problem: The law doesn't specify which data f...



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