BEIJING – China's top legislature on Friday voted to adopt a new law on personal information protection, which will take effect on Nov 1.
Lawmakers approved the law at the closing meeting of a regular legislative session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress that began Tuesday.
When pushing information and business marketing to individuals through automated decision-making, personal information processors should provide options that don't target personal characteristics at the same time, or offer ways of rejection, according to the law.
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress also passed a new law on graft busters as part of efforts to deepen the reform of the country's anti-corruption system
It stipulates that individual consent should be obtained when processing sensitive personal information such as biometrics, medical and health, financial accounts and whereabouts.
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The law also requires suspension or termination of services for apps that illegally process personal data.
New law on graft busters
Lawmakers also passed a new law on graft busters as part of efforts to deepen the reform of the country's anti-corruption system.
The law on "supervisors" – anti-corruption personnel that staff the four levels of supervisory commissions will take effect on Jan 1, 2022.
The law standardizes the appointment and removal of anti-graft personnel, and stipulates their functions, duties, management and oversight.
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In 2018, China enacted the Supervision Law and established supervisory commissions at national, provincial, prefectural and county levels to integrate anti-corruption functions and personnel that had previously scattered in related judicial and administrative organs, as well as in the disciplinary watchdogs of the Communist Party of China.
The commissions have the power to investigate conduct involving the abuse of public office and hand out administrative sanctions. They can hand over public sector employees to the prosecutors in the case of suspected job-related crimes.