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22-10-2021, 08:06 PM
Xinmei Shen
Published: 9:00pm, 19 Oct, 2021
Tencent Holdings announced a new privacy oversight committee tasked with assessing the company’s user data protections, making it the first Big Tech firm in China to set up such a body that will be required by law next month as questions remain about such a committee’s independence.
The social media and gaming giant is recruiting 15 members for the committee, the company said in a statement posted on its WeChat app last Friday. It will consist of legal and technical experts, lawyers, media professionals and “other members of the public”, to be recruited through both public listings and scouting.
The group, officially called the “personal information protection external oversight committee”, will “independently appraise” Tencent’s efforts to protect the privacy of its users and products, offering guidance and suggesting amendments to company practices as needed, according to the Shenzhen-based firm.
The announcement comes less than two weeks until China’s new Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) goes into effect on November 1. One of the stipulations of what experts think will be one of the world’s strictest laws on personal data protection is that large tech companies establish an “independent body that consists mainly of external members”. The rule applies to companies with “a large number of users” that “provide important internet platform services”.
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/artic...s-personal
Published: 9:00pm, 19 Oct, 2021
Tencent Holdings announced a new privacy oversight committee tasked with assessing the company’s user data protections, making it the first Big Tech firm in China to set up such a body that will be required by law next month as questions remain about such a committee’s independence.
The social media and gaming giant is recruiting 15 members for the committee, the company said in a statement posted on its WeChat app last Friday. It will consist of legal and technical experts, lawyers, media professionals and “other members of the public”, to be recruited through both public listings and scouting.
The group, officially called the “personal information protection external oversight committee”, will “independently appraise” Tencent’s efforts to protect the privacy of its users and products, offering guidance and suggesting amendments to company practices as needed, according to the Shenzhen-based firm.
The announcement comes less than two weeks until China’s new Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) goes into effect on November 1. One of the stipulations of what experts think will be one of the world’s strictest laws on personal data protection is that large tech companies establish an “independent body that consists mainly of external members”. The rule applies to companies with “a large number of users” that “provide important internet platform services”.
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/artic...s-personal
