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ABSTRACT
Contents
ABBREVIATION 11
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 13
CHAPTER TWO: BASIC CONCEPT OF TRANSBORDER DATA FLOW LEGAL SYSTEM 19
2.1. The Scope of Transborder Data Flow's Legal System 19
2.2. Personal data, personal information and privacy information 22
2.2.1. Personal Data and Personal Information 22
2.2.2. Privacy Information 27
2.3. The Definition of Transborder Data Flow and Dual Value of Legislation 29
CHAPTER THREE: HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT: THE FRAMEWORK OF A LEGAL SYSTEM FOR TRANSBORDER DATA FLOW 33
3.1. The Early attempts - Separate legislation in European countries 34
3.2. Policy Guide - The Main International Legal System 37
3.2.1. The first global standard: the OECD Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data 37
3.2.2. The first guideline applicable to international organizations: The UN Guidelines for the Regulation of Computerized Personal Data Files 41
3.2.3. The rules under the tendency of trade liberalization: WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services 43
3.3. The core mechanism - the regional legal system 47
3.3.1. The First Binding Convention on Information Protection: Council of Europe "Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data" 47
3.3.2. Internal and external differenced system of human rights protection: the European Union "Directive on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data" 51
3.3.3. New Attempts by Commercial Organizations as Protectors: APEC Privacy Protection Framework and Its Cross-Border Privacy Rules System (CBPRs) 58
3.4. New Development: Industry Self-Regulation System 62
3.4.1. Contract Law Model: Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) 65
3.4.2. Corporate Law Models: Binding Cooperate Rules (BCRs) and Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPRs) 70
3.4.3. Safe Harbor Model: US-European Safe Harbor Cooperation Mechanism 73
3.4.4. the Model Code for the Protection of Personal Information 76
CHAPTER FOUR: CHOICE AND REFLECTION: THE OPERATION OF LEGAL SYSTEM OF TRANSBORDER DATA FLOWS 80
4.1. The logical basis of the data protection system and the core objective of transborder data flow 80
4.1.1. Two Conflicting Personal Information Rights Traditions 81
4.1.2. Three Elements Affect the Protection of the Data 84
4.1.3. The Core Objective of the Legal System for transborder Data Flow 88
4.2. Main Policies and Implementation of Legal System for Transborder Data Flow 92
4.2.1. The Main Policy of the Legal System of Transborder Data Flow 92
4.2.2. Implementation on the Legal System for Transborder Data Flow 99
4.3. Legal Application of Transborder Data Protection 104
4.3.1. The particularity and complexity of the law application 104
4.3.2. Methods and Value Measurement of Law Application 106
4.3.3. Legal application of transborder data transfer contracts and foreign-related data privacy infringement 107
4.4. International cooperation in transborder data protection 112
4.4.1. The importance of international cooperation in transborder data protection 112
4.4.2. International cooperation arrangements for transborder data protection 115
4.4.3. The importance of developing the unified law for transborder data protection 124
CHAPTER FIVE: The LEGAL PRACTIVE OF TRANSBORDER PERSONAL DATA FLOWS IN CHINA 127
5.1. Overview of Personal Data Protection in China 127
5.1.1. Personal Information Protection in China 129
5.1.2. Institutions Involved in the Personal Date Protection 135
5.2. Participating in the International Co-operation of Transborder Data Flows 137
5.2.1. Develop National Personal Data Protection Laws As Soon As Possible and Set Up Special Data Protection Agencies 138
5.2.2. Actively Cooperate with Existing International Organizations and Their Legal Systems 139
5.2.3. Strengthening Investigation Cooperation and Judicial Assistance 140
5.2.4. Encourage Chinese Multinational Enterprises to Improve Autonomy 141
5.2.5. Information Exchange and Academic Discussions in Economy, Trade and Technology Fields 142
CONCLUSION 144
REFERENCES 146