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Perils Of Due Diligence In China

December 8, 2014

Decorative Scales of Justice on the book with Chinese flag on white. Law and order concept

A post from the Squire Patton Boggs Anticorruption Blog looks at the case of  Peter William Humphrey, a British citizen, and his American wife, Yu Yingzeng, who were prosecuted, found guilty and sentenced to prison for illegally obtaining personal information about Chinese citizens. Operating a business risk advisory firm called ChinaWhys before their arrest, they had supplied information to British firm GlaxoSmithKline China as part of an investigation. “The case clarifies that acquiring personal information in China from a third party is illegal, not merely the selling of such information and serves as a warning to all companies, firms, and individuals engaging in due diligence and internal investigations to be cautious in collecting personal information,” write authors Daniel Roules and Olivia Zhan.

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