Description

Adopted E-Commerce Law including data protection regulation

On 31 August 2018, China's E-Commerce Law, which includes data protection regulation, was adopted. The Law applies to both e-commerce businesses and e-commerce platforms. The Law requires e-commerce businesses to observe data protection regulations …

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: e-commerce
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2018-08-31
adopted

On 31 August 2018, China's E-Commerce Law, which includes data protection regulation, was adopted. …

2019-01-01
in force

On 1 January 2019, China's E-Commerce Law, which includes data protection regulation, was implement…