The internet in China is already tightly controlled and censored. The "Great Firewall" blocks the country's more than 1 ...

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 ...

Effective November 1, 2021, despite numerous yet-to-be-defined elements, the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) 1 is China’s first comprehensive law designed to regulate online data and ...

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 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 ...

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 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 ...

For example, if you are a U.S.-based company selling products to consumers in China, you may be subject to the China data privacy law even if you do not have a facility or operations there.

But privacy experts argue that China’s nearing the finish line on a privacy law will do little to faze the American public or move the needle on legislation in Congress.

Credit: REUTERS/Edgar Su 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 ...

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 ...