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Provisions on Personal Information Protection by Large Personal Information Handlers (Draft for Comment)
Draft rules that would designate handlers processing personal information of 10 million or more people or providing important network services as large handlers, subject to registration, heightened security duties and independent personal information protection supervisory committees.
Public comment period closesSep 7 2 months ago
- Body
- Cyberspace Administration of China
- Introduced
- Aug 7
Timeline
Sep 7 2 months ago
Aug 7 3 months ago
Draft released for public comment, merging earlier drafts on large online platforms
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Change log
- AddedAdded to the list. Set by hand from the official record.Sep 27
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