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China’s greenlight to allow American ownership of TikTok’s U.S. operations helps address concerns that Chinese ownership of this popular platform for short videos could put millions of U.S. users’ personal information at risk. This deal should alert Chinese leaders that other Chinese companies operating overseas could face similar challenges unless the country demonstrates its commitment to the protection of personal information. Two Guiding Cases recently issued by the Supreme People’s Court provide a glimpse of the judicial application of China’s rules on personal information. More importantly, these two de facto binding cases in China are just the beginning, as revealed by the highest court.
中国发出绿灯让美国公司拥有TikTok美国业务，这有助于缓解人们对中国公司拥有这个热门短视频平台可能会影响上亿美国用户的个人信息的担忧。这笔交易应该使中国领导人意识到，除非中国展现出对个人信息保护的承诺，否则其他在海外运营的中国公司也可能面临类似的挑战。最高人民法院最近发布的两起指导性案例，让我们得以一窥中国个人信息相关规则的司法适用情况。更重要的是，正如最高人民法院所揭示的，这两起在中国具有事实上约束力的案例仅仅是个开始。
