Eileen Yu
for By The Way
| August 21, 2021 — 10:54 GMT (11:54 BST)
| Topic: Security
China has pushed through a new personal data protection law that details regulations around collection, use, and storage. It includes data processing by companies based outside of China and encompasses requirements for organisations, including multinational cooperations, operating China to appoint someone responsible for its compliance.
The Chinese government on Friday passed the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), outlining a set of rules on how personal data should be collected, used, and stored. It had gone through a couple of revisions since it was first pitched last year.
To come into effect from November 1, the bill was approved amidst the “chaos” data had created, with online platforms over-collecting personal data, according to a report by Xinhua News Agency. The state-run news outlet noted that some businesses had deployed facial recognition systems without authorisation, “secretly” capturing consumers’ faces and other biometrics data.
China is home to 989 million online users as of end-2020.
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Eileen Yu
for By The Way
| August 21, 2021 — 10:54 GMT (11:54 BST)
| Topic: Security