{"id":3381,"date":"2024-01-11T14:46:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T20:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustarc.com\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=3381"},"modified":"2025-02-06T08:07:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T14:07:29","slug":"chinas-pipl-faqs","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/trustarc.com\/resource\/chinas-pipl-faqs\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s PIPL: FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<section id=\"block_6b0e5bf2eb9660d0ab70011b025e84c3\" class=\"resource-intro\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/trustarc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/bg-cta-rectangles-grey.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trustarc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/bg-cta-rectangles-grey.png 1440w, https:\/\/trustarc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/bg-cta-rectangles-grey-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/trustarc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/bg-cta-rectangles-grey-1024x347.png 1024w, https:\/\/trustarc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/bg-cta-rectangles-grey-768x260.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"sub-title block uppercase\">FAQs<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>China\u2019s PIPL: FAQs<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<section id=\"block_3499764debfc81efd1c72ef14725353f\" class=\"columns-one text-left\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-holder\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3317\" src=\"https:\/\/trustarc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cover-faqs-pipl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trustarc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cover-faqs-pipl.png 476w, https:\/\/trustarc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cover-faqs-pipl-238x300.png 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/>On August 20, 2021, the National People\u2019s Congress (NPC) of China adopted the Personal Information Protection Law (<a href=\"\/regulations\/china-pipl\/\">PIPL<\/a>) with an effective date of November 1, 2021. It is the first comprehensive data protection law in the People\u2019s Republic of China (China) and leaves little time for compliance preparation before it is enforced.<\/p>\n<h5>This guide covers frequently asked questions around:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>When and how PIPL applies<\/li>\n<li>Legal bases for processing data<\/li>\n<li>Individual rights requirements under the law<\/li>\n<li>Consent, notice, and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"btn-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PIPL-FAQs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"btn\"><span>Download now<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<section id=\"block_d2637791267ac2ba7c1bf9894c9080c7\" class=\"spacer\" style=\"height:100px;\">&nbsp;<\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<section id=\"block_ded3abc88806d2c08de1ce4c67632e24\" class=\"resource-section bg-light-grey\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"resource-head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Related resources<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/resources\/\" class=\"cta block\">View all resources<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"resource-lists \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/trustarc.com\/resource\/global-life-sciences-leader-case-study\/\" class=\"resource-single\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-holder\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/trustarc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/res-feat-rect-gray-test-380x120.png\" class=\"attachment-380x120 size-380x120 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-holder\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"resource-label uppercase\">Case Studies<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>From Days to Minutes: How a Global Life Sciences Leader Automated Global Privacy Compliance<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/trustarc.com\/resource\/india-dpdpa-compliance-checklist\/\" class=\"resource-single\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-holder\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/trustarc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/res-feat-rect-blue-380x120.png\" class=\"attachment-380x120 size-380x120 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-holder\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"resource-label uppercase\">Infographics, Research<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>India\u2019s Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) Compliance Checklist<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/trustarc.com\/resource\/global-privacy-trends-apac-consent-latam-adtech-gcc-data-rights\/\" class=\"resource-single\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-holder\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/trustarc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/res-feat-woven-pink-380x120.png\" class=\"attachment-380x120 size-380x120 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-holder\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"resource-label uppercase\">Articles<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Emerging Global Privacy Trends: APAC UX Consent, LATAM AdTech Restrictions, GCC Data Rights Expansion<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read about China&#8217;s Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) &#8211; the first data protection law in China &#8211; including legal bases, individual rights, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1693,"template":"","topic-resource":[55,70],"type-resource":[81],"class_list":["post-3381","resource","type-resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","topic-resource-data-privacy","topic-resource-global-trends","type-resource-faqs"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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