China, The World’s Largest Online Population, Introduces Its First Comprehensive Personal Information Protection Law
By EsqSocial Corporation 27/10/20
The People’s Republic of China (“China”) has introduced its first comprehensive data privacy law, which will explicitly protect the personal information of its residents. On October 21, 2020, China’s legislative body submitted a draft bill for the Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”) that would prohibit businesses and enterprises from misusing the personal information of Chinese residents. Like the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), the PIPL defines personal...
By: Knobbe Martens