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Hong Kong: Fuelling Growth – Data transfers in the Guangdong-Hong Kong Greater Bay Area

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Regulatory measures came into force at the end of 2023 to facilitate cross-border transfers of personal data between Guangdong Province (“Guangdong“) and Hong Kong (“GBA Measures“). The recent relaxation of the cross-border data transfer (CBDT) regime at a national level may make the GBA Measures less appealing to some companies in the Chinese Mainland (“China“, in this article, for the sake of brevity), but the GBA Measures will still be useful to companies which operate in Hong Kong and Guangdong that need to transfer sensitive personal data or large volumes of personal data across the Greater Bay Area (GBA), such as those in the healthcare and financial sectors, or those with a large base of data subjects in Guangdong and a regional office in Hong Kong that conduct cross-border transfers of personal data (e.g., customer data) on a regular basis.

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Dr. Isabella Liu is the head of the Firm's Asia Pacific Intellectual Property and Technology Group. She advises clients on matters relating to the creation, exploitation and protection of IP rights. She is also responsible for the local IP Group's China and Hong Kong patent prosecution matters. Previously, Dr. Isabella Liu was the head of the Firm's Asia Pacific Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry Group for three years, leading a team of legal experts in this field cross multiple practices in the region. Dr. Liu is ranked as a leading lawyer in her field by top legal directories such as Chambers Asia Pacific for the Life Sciences category and IAM Patent. She has been complimented by clients that she possesses "a superb ability to understand the most complex technologies" and was noted for "advis[ing] in a way that is very commercial and strategic." Dr. Liu is also engaged as a regular guest lecturer by the University of Hong Kong's Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy to share her expertise on intellectual property in the pharmaceutical industry with HKU students.

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Dominic Edmondson is a special counsel in Baker McKenzie's Hong Kong office and a member of the Firm's Intellectual Property Practice Group. His practice focuses on information technology advisory work, IT sourcing & transactions, cybersecurity, e-commerce, telecommunications, global data privacy and data protection, digital media as well as contentious and non-contentious intellectual property matters. Dominic has a keen interest in AI, big data and distributed ledger technology and their impact on business in the Greater China region. He studied Mandarin and put it to good use advising clients on intellectual property strategy and enforcement in Mainland China, where he worked for four years (in Beijing) before moving to Hong Kong.

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Jacqueline Wong is a Knowledge Lawyer in Baker McKenzie Hong Kong office.

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