Indonesia's parliament has enacted a personal data protection bill after discussions for more than a year, as reported by Reuters on September 20. Under the new law, data handlers who leak or misuse private information might face up to five years in prison. In addition,...
More than 20 firms based in Shenzhen vowed not to violate user privacy and promote healthy and sustainable development of the internet industry at a conference on October 22, according to South China Morning Post (SCMP) on the same day. Those companies include Tencent [0700:HK],...
The Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) approved the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) on August 20, which will take into force on November 1, as reported by Chinanews.com on the same day. The law stipulates that no organization or individual shall...
The Standing Committee of the Shenzhen Municipal People’s Congress published its revised draft of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Data Regulations for comments on May 31, as reported by Caixin on June 4. Focusing on personal data protection, the regulations proposed the concept of data rights...
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) released draft rules on automotive data security and management on May 12, imposing new restrictions on user data collection and processing of automakers, as reported by Caixin on the same day. According to the proposed regulations, automobile data operators...
US new energy vehicle (NEV) manufacturer Tesla [TSLA:US] is working on developing a platform in China that allows car owners to access their driving data, as reported by Caixin on May 8. The platform is expected to be put into operation by the end of...
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) published the first batch of problematic mobile applications on January 22. Such apps illegally collected and used users’ personal information, as reported by JRJ.com on January 25. The list involves apps from many listed companies, including Tencent [0700:HK],...
The Cyberspace Administration of China unveiled draft guidelines to limit the scope of how and when mobile apps can collect personal data, as reported by JRJ.com on December 2, 2020. The set of draft rules covers 38 types of apps from online payment and instant...
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