China: Consultation opened on Audit and Management Guide for Mobile Internet Applications Personal Information Processing in App Stores

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Consultation opened on Audit and Management Guide for Mobile Internet Applications Personal Information Processing in App Stores

On 17 June 2022, China's National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee opened a public consultation on the “Audit and Management Guide for Personal Information Processing Normativeness of Mobile Internet Applications in App Stores”. The Guide provides information on how app store providers should review and manage the personal information processing policies and activities of new applications before listing them in their app store. The Guide specifies the information that should be assessed in the review process, including the app operator's contact information and their policy on personal data collection and processing. Furthermore, the Guide lists specific issues that app store providers have to take into consideration during the review process, such as the necessity for the collection and processing of sensitive personal data. Finally, the Guide contains rules on how the personal information policies of applications must be displayed and managed by app stores post review.

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Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
software provider: app stores
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body

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2022-06-17
in consultation

On 17 June 2022, China's National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee opened a…

2022-08-16
processing consultation

On 16 August 2022, the consultation on the “Audit and Management Guide for Personal Information Pro…