China tightens restrictions on offshore access to financial data.
China's leading financial data provider, Wind Information Co, is limiting offshore access to some business and economic data in response to new cybersecurity regulations. The move comes as China sharpens its focus on data usage and security amid rising geopolitical tensions and concerns about privacy. The curbs include access to details on some companies' shareholding structures. The restrictions on offshore users' access to certain Wind data have expanded since last September, and it is unknown whether the Cyberspace Administration of China stepped up access tightening requirements since the same month.