International Law
Oct. 10, 2013
Doing business behind the Great Firewall of China
Pressure to comply with both U.S. corrupt practices laws and Chinese privacy laws has put some U.S.-based businesses in a tough spot.
Pooja S. Nair
Partner
Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP
Email: pnair@ecjlaw.com
Pooja is a litigation attorney who has represented clients in the health care, life sciences, and banking industries in state and federal court, and has handled delicate compliance issues and internal investigations. She is a member of the firm's food and beverage department.
Forty-two percent of the Chinese population is on the Internet, making it a powerful tool for continued economic growth. The Chinese government, aware that the Internet is a potential catalyst for social discontent, gains control of it by using filtering, keyword recognition and blocking tools to censor and track web activity. This network of tools is collectively referred to as the "Great Firewall" and works to dete...
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