China issues final guideline for Internet personal information protection

[leroux]

On April 10, 2019, the Chinese Ministry of Public Security (MPS) published, on the official website of the MPS Cyber Security Protection Bureau, the finalized Guideline for Internet Personal Information Security Protection (Guideline) after soliciting public comments since last November. The Guideline is voluntary and marks the latest in a series of implementations of China’s Cybersecurity Law (CSL) since its June 1, 2017, effective date. It follows the national standards governing the protection of personal information (Standards) (effective May 1, 2018) issued by the Standardization Administration of China (SAC) in January 2018.

[AppDefects]

I'll admit that my reading Chinese is not what it used to be;)

[Chuxing]

On paper it is very similar to GDPR. As a matter of fact, some of the definitions are almost verbatim (that is, if translated) to what are on GDPR.