China has officially launched internet identification requirements that rights groups have warned will further curtail online ...

China’s 989 million internet users are not accustomed to digital privacy—but that may be starting to change. On November 1, the country’s first comprehensive data privacy law came into ...

China’s new Data Security Law (DSL) also went into effect earlier this year, on September 1, 2021. The DSL applies to a wide range of data processing activities including but not limited to ...

BANGKOK, Nov 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - China's new law aimed at protecting the data privacy of online users takes effect on Monday, as growing complaints about online fraud and abuse of ...

China has approved a sweeping privacy law that will curb data collection by technology companies, but that policy analysts say is unlikely to limit the state’s widespread use of surveillance ...

China enacted a sweeping new data privacy law on August 20 that will dramatically impact how tech companies can operate in the country. Officially called the Personal Information Protection Law of ...

China’s top legislative body on Friday passed a new data privacy law that places limits on companies’ collection of personal user data, the latest action in the government’s ongoing efforts ...

China passed a sweeping privacy law aimed at preventing businesses from collecting sensitive personal data Friday, as the country faces an uptick in internet scams, leaks and concerns about tech ...

“The law will effectively put China’s Internet companies, and hundreds of millions of Internet users, under greater state control,” said Sophie Richardson, Human Rights Watch’s China director.

In early June, the Cyberspace Administration of China released for public comment new draft regulations applicable to the collection of personal information relating to children under 14 by online ...

China’s Cybersecurity Law comes into effect on June 1. It requires network operators to store select data within China and allows Chinese authorities to conduct spot-checks on a company’s ...

The law is modelled after the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, one of the world's strictest online privacy protection laws. "China's new privacy regime is one of the toughest ...