Provisions on Scope of Necessary Personal Information for Common Mobile Applications Issued
ISSUING AUTHORITIES:
Cyberspace Administration of China
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
Ministry of Public Security
State Administration for Market Regulation
DATE OF ISSUANCE:
March 12, 2021
EFFECTIVE DATE:
May 1, 2021
In order to implement the provisions of the Cybersecurity Law of the People's Republic of China that “the collection and use of personal information by network operators shall follow the principles of legality, legitimacy and necessity”, and that “network operators shall not collect personal information unrelated to the services they provide”, offices of four departments jointly promulgated the Provisions on the Scope of Necessary Personal Information for Common Mobile Applications (“Provisions”) on March 12, 2021.
The Provisions stipulate that mobile application operators shall not prohibit users from using the applications’ basic functional services on the grounds that such users refuse to allow the collection of non-essential personal information.
The Provisions will take effect from May 1, 2021.
Reference:
關于印發《常見類型移動互聯網應用程序必要個人信息范圍規定》的通知
