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Quebec Adopts New Law to Modernize Personal Information Protection
On September 21 Quebec’s National Assembly passed Bill 64, An Act to Modernize Legislative Provisions as regards the Protection of Personal Information (“Bill 64”), and on September 22 it received royal assent to become law. Bill 64 does not create a new privacy law in Quebec, but instead amends already existing law.
China Passes the Personal Information Protection Law
The law will take effect on November 1, 2021 giving companies under two months to ensure their privacy policies and systems comply.
On August 20, the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress of China passed a sweeping privacy law meant to ensure heightened security of Personal Information (“PI”) and regulates data standards. Broadly, the law tracks with other omnibus privacy protection laws, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) in the European Union.