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It also addresses the transfer of personal data outside of China. The PIPL was adopted on August 20, 2021, and is effective November 1, 2021. [1] It is related to, and builds on top of both China's Cybersecurity Law ("CSL") and China's Data Security Law ("DSL"). [2]: 131 A reference English version was published on December 29, 2021.
The law is the first one made public in China which is related to China's national intelligence agencies. The law does not explicitly name any organizations that it empowers. [1] [a] According to the law, "everyone is responsible for state security" which is in line with China's state security legal structure as a whole. [1] The final draft of ...
China passed its Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) in mid-2021, and was effective from November 1, 2021. It focuses heavily on consent, rights of the individual, and transparency of data processing. PIPL has been compared to the EU GDPR as it has similar scope and many similar provisions. [5]
Subsequently, in 2021, China introduced the formal legal framework, the "Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China" (PIPL). [15] [16] The enactment of this law filled a legal gap and made detailed provisions regarding the collection, storage, use, transfer, and deletion of personal information. The law explicitly ...
The law forces foreign technology and other companies operating within China to either invest in new server infrastructure in order to comply with the law or partner with service providers such as Huawei, Tencent, or Alibaba, which have already have server infrastructure on the ground, saving capital expenditure costs for companies.
The law is seen to be primarily targeted at technology companies which have grown increasingly powerful in China over the years. [1] The law is part of a series of interlocking but related national security legislation including the National Security Law of the People's Republic of China, Cybersecurity Law and National Intelligence Law, passed ...
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC; 国家互联网信息办公室) is the national internet regulator and censor of the People's Republic of China. The agency was initially established in 2011 by the State Council as the State Internet Information Office (SIIO), a subgroup of the State Council Information Office (SCIO).
In November 2021, Alipay introduced a new privacy protection feature amid growing concerns over data privacy and after China's Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) came into effect on 1 November 2021. The PIPL prohibits the unnecessary collection of personal information, abuse of personal privacy, and data exchanges with overseas entities.