The cybersecurity law introduced in 2017 provides only broad objectives for data security. Photo: Shutterstock
China’s lawmakers review draft data security law as digital economy grows
- Legal experts say it aims to protect individual privacy but also to promote the use of government data through ‘controllable open platform’
- Beijing is pushing sectors like artificial intelligence and big data, but industry experts say regulation is lagging behind
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The cybersecurity law introduced in 2017 provides only broad objectives for data security. Photo: Shutterstock