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You Saw Me Do What? Privacy In China.

By Dan Harris and Steve Dickinson

Two interesting articles just out on privacy in China. One, a Seoul Times article written by US trained attorney, Yuho Kim, entitled, "Data Security, Privacy in Asia," nicely compares the privacy laws of Korea, China, and Japan. The other, a Forbes article, entitled, "Who Will Be Watching You In Beijing?" discusses some of the ways China spies on foreigners and what can be done to minimize the repercussions of that. There are widely differing views regarding the extent of Chinese spying on foreigners, in large part because nobody really knows. I have always assumed this goes on to a certain extent in just about every country I visit (there are some countries where I KNOW this has gone on), including China, and I try to act accordingly. I have clients (from Russia, in particular), who will reveal nothing at all important over the phone and who when travelling internationally bring "second" laptops that have been scrubbed clean for the trip. For most people none of this is really much of a concern, but I do think it wise to at least think about this and to plan accordingly, when it makes sense to do so. What do you think?

Full post as published by China Law Blog on July 12, 2008 (boomark / email).