关键词: 数据本地化, 跨境数据流动, 数字贸易, 国际规则, 网络安全法

Abstract: The international rules of digital trade is one of the most important issues in the international trade field, and data localization is one of the focus. After the Snowden event in 2013, the legislation number of data localization in the world has increased rapidly. “Localization” contains the following meanings:“service localization”, “facilities localization” and “data localization”, which are contained in the Chapter 10 and 14 of TransPacific Partnership Agreement. For countries which adopt measures of data localization. There are three kinds of legislation and policies:data is stored in their data center,and they also prevent data from being sent outside the country; they require the prior consent of the data subject before data is transferred across borders; they require the copies of data to be stored domestically and so on. In the future, reducing the rules of data localization and making reasonable limits to the crossborder data will be one of the most important issues in bilateral and multilateral field. For the national legislators and regulators, how to coordinate the international rules and domestic legislation and more effectively promote the development of the digital economy is one of their main missions.

Key words: data localization, crossborder data flows, digital trade, international rules, cyber security law