Governance in the Free Cross-border Flow of Data

Abstract

Every part of life, work and friendship has been inseparable from the Internet. When we casually click on the links on the network, when we need to enter personal information on the network due to work and policy, when enterprises are used to storing most of the data in the emerging cloud computing service platform, when the official website of the core departments of the country was maliciously attacked. We are facing more frequent information leakage in the era of big data. Especially with the trend of multinational corporations, regional interoperability, and the integration of the world economy, data and information can flow across borders without obstacles. Undoubtedly, cross-border business trade, project co-operation, geo-location, and server tracking are necessary, but the large amount of data recording, flow, and tracking brings great risks to personal privacy, business secrets, and the maintenance and stability of national security. As a result of the growing awareness of the risks and drawbacks of cross-border data flows, jurisdictions and regions have developed legislation and rules to balance the free flow of data and cross-border security.