New Delhi: In an effort to tighten control over how companies – especially Giants Tech – collect and handle their users information, China passed the law of personal information protection (PIPL).
The law, which is valid for November 1, follows complaints abused by the company or sells customer data without their knowledge or permission, which leads to fraud or unfair practices such as collecting higher prices to some users.
Law and Look * While the right contour from new law is unknown, because the final draft has not been published, the previous version is determined that the company will need approval from their users to collect personal data, with users to have the right to cancel the agreement at any time.
* In addition, companies cannot refuse to provide their services to these users who deny the approval for personal data collection – unless the data is needed to provide the product or service.
* The law also describes the guidelines for data protection when transferred abroad and makes it mandatory for companies not only to appoint individuals responsible for personal information but also conduct periodic audits presented by law.
* Failure to fulfill any conditions will produce a decent fine.
Twin Tango * PIPL, which takes off from the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which comes into force in 2018, along with the Data Security Law (DSL) which will be held from September 1, is expected to force the company to return.
Evaluate data storage and processing their processing.
DSL task company with data separation based on its economic value and relevance to Chinese national security.
* The law arrives in the midst of tightening tightening by the Chinese regulator on its industry and how it uses user data, requested by public complaints about violations of user privacy.
* Last month for example, the country Cyberspace regulator, Cyberspace China Administration (CAC), announced that it would open an inquiry in the Ride-Hailing application, Didi, which has been accused of violating user privacy.
The company was forced to stop signing new users and the application was removed from the Chinese application store.