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Sally,

I think there is, or soon will be DP legislation in place in the Peoples 
Republic of China, as in January 2005 the Institute of Law, part of the  
the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, submitted a draft Personal Data 
Protection Act to the State Council.   Although I don’t know how far it 
has got through the legislature the Bill provided for the establishment of 
an Office for Protection of Personal Data – presumably the equivalent of 
the Information Commissioner’s Office.  The scope extends to personal 
mobile phone numbers, family addresses, medical history and career status 
and the Bill also regulates the installation and use of CCTV in public 
areas as well as photography and video recording without consent.  Hope 
that helps.

regards,

Kevin Broadfoot

Research Assistant.
DataProtection Policy & Research Group
British Institute of International & Comparative Law

PS - Have you tried contacting the Chinese Embassy?




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