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You Saw Me Do What? Privacy In China.

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... ...full story at China Law Blog

from China Law Blog on Tue, Jul 15 2008

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