An increasing number of regulations in different countries and regions require data to be processed locally for privacy and national security reasons. But these regulations have potential negative impacts on cybersecurity, such as limiting the sharing of information useful for threat hunting and penetration testing.
In a new publication for Stanford University's DigiChina Project, authors Samm Sacks, Krystal Chen Zeng and Graham Webster break down the regulatory framework and potential impacts of China’s 2024 overhaul of its cross-border data transfer regime.
This article discusses a July decision of the Regional Court of Traunstein (Germany) that shows a more flexible approach to data transfers from the EU to the U.S. than has been taken by European Data Protection Agencies (DPAs).