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Personal data guidelines to be released

By Tuo Yannan and Zhao Yinan | China Daily | Updated: 2012-04-06 08:00

Personal data guidelines to be released

Businesses will get instructions on how to collect online information

Guidelines will be released this year instructing businesses to collect personal information only when absolutely necessary and to delete it immediately after use.

The non-binding guidelines, designed to protect online personal data, are pending final approval from the State Council. The draft was approved by the National Information Security Standard Technology Committee on Dec 30, the China Software Testing Center told China Daily on Thursday.

Personal data guidelines to be released

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