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data security incident occurs, personal information and 3.4. Closely keep track of data problems in emerging
privacy as well as overall social and economic security and areas
order, will be endangered. But countries shall not refuse to Based on big data, emerging technologies like cloud
eat just for fear of getting choked, and instead, they shall take computing, Internet of things, artificial intelligence (AI) are
active measures to cope with data security risks and maintain rapidly growing, and social and economic development are
the balance between big data security and development, and facing some new problems, for example, cross-border data
treat development as an aim and security as a safeguard. In transmission, data openness and security for Internet of
addition to strategies that promote the development of the big things, malicious source of data in connection with AI
data industry, countries can also give policy, financial and development and usage. To promote the development of the
human resource support to big data. In the meanwhile, the data-driven society, it is necessary to closely keep track of
relevant legislation that can clarify different data security new data-related problems in emerging technological and
responsibilities of individuals, businesses and the industrial sectors and actively seek technical, policy and
government shall be accelerated. And the awareness of data legal paths of solution, to promote faster development of new
security for enterprises and individuals can also be cultivated technologies.
through the relevant regulations.
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