China Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL)

Chapter II Section 1: General processing rules (Articles 13 to 27) – China Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL)

China Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) 19: Art. 19 Retention limited to the minimum period necessary

Except as laws and administrative regulations provide otherwise, the storage period of personal information is the minimum time necessary to achieve the purpose of processing.

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Other controls in Chapter II Section 1: General processing rules (Articles 13 to 27) – China Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL)

13 Art. 13 Process only on one of the seven lawful circumstances
14-16 Art. 14-16 Consent voluntary, explicit and fully informed; new consent on change; withdrawal made convenient; no refusal of service for withholding consent
17-18 Art. 17-18 Pre-processing notice: processor identity, purposes, means, categories, retention, rights procedures; changes notified; public processing rules; the exceptions
20 Art. 20 Joint processors agree their rights and obligations and bear joint and several liability
21 Art. 21 Entrusted processing: written agreement, supervision, no processing beyond the agreement, return or deletion, no sub-entrustment without consent
22 Art. 22 Transfers on merger, division, dissolution or bankruptcy: inform individuals, recipient bound, new purpose needs consent
23 Art. 23 Provision to another processor: inform of the recipient, purposes, means and categories and obtain separate consent; recipient bound to that scope
24 Art. 24 Automated decision-making: transparency, fairness, no unreasonable price discrimination, opt-out from targeted push, explanation and refusal of solely automated significant decisions

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