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Personal Information Protection Law passes

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It has arrived. 
This morning, Xinhua reported that the National People’s Congress Standing Committee passed the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL).

The law will come into force November 1.
At time of writing, the full text has not yet been released.

Some context: The PIPL governs th...