China Monthly Data Protection Update - June 2022

Legislation

Four Departments Jointly Issue Implementation Measures on Sealing of Minors' Criminal Records to Protect Privacy of Minors

On May 30, 2022, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Justice jointly issued the Implementation Measures on the Sealing of Minors' Criminal Records. The detailed regulations stipulate the definition and scope of juvenile criminal records, the circumstances of sealing, the subjects and procedures of sealing, the subjects and application conditions of inquiry, the subjects and procedures of providing inquiry services, the conditions and consequences of lifting the sealing, confidentiality obligations and related responsibilities, etc., which basically solve the main problems encountered in the sealing of juvenile criminal records at present.¹