The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and seven other departments jointly issued a security guidance to regulate the export behavior of three types of automotive data.

On February 3, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and seven other departments issued a notice on the "Automobile Data Export Security Guidelines (2026 Edition)." The "Security Guidelines" specify the management methods and applicable conditions for automobile data export activities, propose nine exemption situations, refine important data determination rules for research and development, design, production, automated driving, software upgrades, network operations, and other business scenarios, and propose protection requirements to guide automobile data processors in carrying out data export activities in a standardized manner, and enhance the level of automobile data security protection. In terms of the data export process, the security guidelines specify the work requirements for carrying out data export activities by focusing on key data identification filing, determining data export management methods, implementing data export security assessments, establishing personal information export standard contracts, and obtaining personal information export certifications. The requirements for automobile data export security protection cover management systems, technical safeguards, log management, emergency response, and guide automobile data processors in establishing pre-protection, during-monitoring, and post-disposal capabilities for data export security protection. Original text: Notice from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and seven other departments on the issuance of the "Automobile Data Export Security Guidelines (2026 Edition)" Telecommunications administration departments of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government, industrial and information technology authorities of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government, cities with independent planning status, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, Internet Information Office, Development and Reform Commission, data management departments, public security departments, natural resources authorities, transportation departments, market supervision authorities, relevant enterprises: In order to implement the Data Security Law of the People's Republic of China, the Cybersecurity Law of the People's Republic of China, the Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China, the Regulations on the Management of Network Data Security, and other laws and regulations, and promote efficient, convenient, and secure cross-border data flow, under the overall guidance of the national data security work coordination mechanism, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Internet Information Office, the National Development and Reform Commission, the National Data Administration, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Transportation, and the State Administration for Market Regulation have formulated the "Automobile Data Export Security Guidelines (2026 Edition)." Now we are issuing it to you, please implement it carefully. This article is compiled from the official website of the "Ministry of Industry and Information Technology," edited by GMTEight: Jiang Yuanhua.