As the Cybersecurity Law (CSL) became effective as of 1 June
2017, the question of the definition and delimitation of personal
information rose once again that we will discuss in this article to
support corporate program apropos of data protection compliance in
China.
As the Cybersecurity Law (CSL) became effective as of 1 June
2017, the question of the definition and delimitation of personal
information rose once again. Critical for any compliance program
regarding the Chinese data protection legal framework, doubt has
spread through companies handling personal information regarding
the terms defining personal information as well as information that
could be considered as personal information, and those that became
mere information from personal information, a process known as
anonymization. Though Article 76.5 of the CSL
defines personal information as "all kinds of information
recorded by electronic or otherwise that can be used to
independently identify or be
