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China: Call for comments on the first draft of the Personal Information Protection Law

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Call for comments on the first draft of the Personal Information Protection Law

The National People`s Congress opened its public consultation on China's first draft of the Personal Information Protection Law, destined to become the country`s first comprehensive law in the area of personal information protection. The consultatio…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

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2020-10-21
in consultation

The National People`s Congress opened its public consultation on China's first draft of the Persona…

2020-10-21
under deliberation

The National People`s Congress publishes its draft of the Personal Information Protection Law, dest…

2020-11-19
processing consultation

On 19 November 2020, the National People`s Congress closed its public consultation on China's first…

2021-04-28
in consultation

The Standing Committee of the 13th National People`s Congress issues the second draft of the Person…

2021-05-28
processing consultation

The public consultation for China`s Personal Information Protection Law closes

2021-08-20
adopted

On 20 August 2021, the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (NPC) announced…

2021-11-01
in force

On 1 November 2021, the Personal Information Protection Law is implemented. It was adopted on 20 Au…