Analysis of data cross-border flow rules from the perspective of Data Privacy Framework system and its implications for China
Yang Zishuo
Law School, Sichuan University
Abstract： The European Union and the United States have recently established a system of cross-border data flows, including the Data Privacy Framework and Executive Order 14086, which fills a legal gap in bilateral data flows. The new system is better than the previous agreement by revising the details of the rules and introducing a dual remedy mechanism, but there are still institutional pitfalls such as the lack of independence of the Data Protection Review Court. The EU and the U.S. have consistently disagreed on data governance models, and the Data Privacy Framework system fully demonstrates the negotiation game between the two sides, especially the tug-of-war over the design of the rule system. The separate data governance policies of the EU and the U.S. reveal that there is no set rule for cross-border data flows, and China can take this opportunity to explore and improve the path of data flow regulation that meets its own needs. The bilateral negotiation strategy of the Data Privacy Framework system and the EU′s stance on data privacy can also serve as a reference for China, and provide a good reference for China′s digital cooperation with the EU and other countries in the future.
Key words : Cross-border flow of data; Data Privacy Framework; Executive Order 14086; data governance; EU-U.S. game
引言
“棱鏡門”事件爆發(fā)后，《安全港協(xié)議》（U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework）和《隱私盾協(xié)議》（EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework）接連被歐盟法院宣布無效。隨后，美國(guó)和歐盟通過積極磋商就新的數(shù)據(jù)流動(dòng)規(guī)則即數(shù)據(jù)隱私框架（EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework）達(dá)成協(xié)定，再次建立起雙邊數(shù)據(jù)流動(dòng)法律基礎(chǔ)。數(shù)據(jù)隱私框架及第14086號(hào)行政命令（Executive Order 14086）構(gòu)成了調(diào)整歐美數(shù)據(jù)跨境流動(dòng)的制度體系，新的體系在規(guī)則設(shè)置上展現(xiàn)出其先進(jìn)和完備的一面，然而通過回顧談判歷程、分析框架文本，不難發(fā)現(xiàn)數(shù)據(jù)隱私框架體系是歐美相互博弈妥協(xié)的產(chǎn)物，我們能從中一窺歐盟的數(shù)據(jù)規(guī)則取向，為未來中歐投資協(xié)定等國(guó)際協(xié)定中的數(shù)據(jù)跨境流動(dòng)規(guī)則談判提供寶貴經(jīng)驗(yàn)，也為我國(guó)發(fā)展出符合自身利益、具備自身特色的數(shù)據(jù)跨境流動(dòng)規(guī)則提供啟示。
