People wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) walk inside a subway station near a Chinese national flag in Beijing, China. The push to shore up data privacy in China is widely seen as an effort to protect and legitimise the country’s fast-growing Internet sector and place safeguards on the movement of valuable Chinese data overseas. — Reuters
BEIJING: China is poised to enshrine individuals' rights to privacy and personal data for the first time, a symbolic first step as more of the country of 1.4 billion people becomes digitised – and more vulnerable to leaks and hacks.
The legislation is part of China's first civil code, a sweeping package of laws that is being deliberated during the annual meeting of parliament, which began on Friday after a delay of more than two months due to the coronavirus.
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