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PIPL

What is PIPL?

China's Personal Information Protection Law that regulates the processing of personal information of individuals within China by both domestic and foreign entities.

Privacy and Data Protection

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as pipl. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on pipl

Requirements naming pipl across 5 standards, quoted from the control text.

Where the recommendation/generation services process personal information through automated decision-making, the Personal Information Protection Law requires transparency and fairness of the decision, prohibits unreasonable differential treatment in trading co...

CN-PIPL-A24 · Automated Decision-Making Transparency (PIPL) →

Security Dimension 8 Privacy per X.805 Clause 6.8: Privacy shields what could be inferred by watching activity on the network, for example websites visited by users + their geographic location + the IP addresses and DNS names assigned to devices inside a provi...

X805-Dim8-Privacy-Identification-Network-Activity-Personal-Information-Confidentiality · ITU-T X.805 Security Dimension 8 - Privacy + Identification of Network Activity + Personal Information Confidentiality + Subscriber Anonymity + Pseudonymity + Anti-Tracking + Location Privacy + Data Minimization + GDPR/CCPA Alignment →

Apply data minimisation + scope enforcement + localisation + cross-border transfers per applicable regulation. Data Minimisation and Scope Enforcement must (a) enforce OAuth scope checking at every API endpoint + (b) return only data within authorised scope +...

OPENBANK-5 · Data Minimisation, Scope Enforcement, Localisation, Cross-Border Transfers →

Questions people ask about pipl

What is PIPL?
China's Personal Information Protection Law that regulates the processing of personal information of individuals within China by both domestic and foreign entities.
Why is PIPL important for compliance?
PIPL is a key concept in Privacy and Data Protection. Understanding pipl helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address PIPL?
PIPL appears in the requirement text of Hong Kong Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (PDPO, Cap 486), Administrative Measures for the Security Assessment of Generative AI Services (2023) and Algorithmic Recommendation Management Provisions (2022), ITU-T X.805 - Security Architecture for End-to-End Communications, Kazakhstan Law on Personal Data and Their Protection (No. 94-V), Open Banking Security. Across these standards we have identified 7 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about PIPL?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how pipl applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

See how PIPL applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.