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China: Call for comments on the first draft of the Personal Information Protection Law including data residency obligations

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Call for comments on the first draft of the Personal Information Protection Law including data residency obligations

The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (NPC) opened its public consultation on the first draft of the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL). It represents China's first comprehensive law in the area of personal informa…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data localisation requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2020-10-21
in consultation

The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (NPC) opened its public consultati…

2020-11-19
processing consultation

On 19 November 2020, the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (NPC) closed …

2021-04-28
in consultation

On 28 April 2021, the Standing Committee of the 13th National People`s Congress issued the second d…

2021-05-28
processing consultation

On 28 May 2021, the Standing Committee of the 13th National People`s Congress closed the public con…

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 National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (NPC) implemen…