Article: Lawmaker, advisor urge for better protection of personal information

Lawmaker, advisor urge for better protection of personal information

BEIJING, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Chinese lawmakers and political advisors have called for legislation for comprehensive protection of citizens' personal information.

Their call came just days after the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, approved a criminal law amendment banning government and corporate employees with access to personal data to sell or leak such information.

But for some lawmakers and political advisors, the amendment is not quite enough.

Xu Long, an entrepreneur-turned deputy to the NPC, urged for a privacy protection law which would appoint a specialized ...

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