China's cyber laws could saddle firms with redundant data centers: U.S. lobby

Chinese restrictions on transferring data overseas would burden firms with building "redundant" data centers in China and hamper domestic companies expanding abroad, the American Chamber of Commerce in China said on Tuesday. China has introduced a series of policies in recent years to keep financial and personal data such as credit history and health records on Chinese soil, particularly since intelligence contractor Edward Snowden disclosed details of U.S. spying. China is not alone in weighing such measures, with countries including Russia, Germany and Brazil ratifying or extensively debating similar proposals in response to the spying. Technology companies, on the other hand, said such localization would lead to inefficiency, with U.S. search giant Google Inc saying it would result in the "balkanisation", or fragmentation, of the Internet.



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