Beiträge
International Law
The Regulation of Wearables in China
Consumer Privacy and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
Citation: Jiong Sheng / Nathan Kaiser / Gianna Abegg, The Regulation of Wearables in China, in: Jusletter 27. Juni 2016
Chinese consumers are no exception in the increasing use of wearable devices to monitor our smallest everyday actions. Like many adventurous users of new technology elsewhere, many Chinese consumers have expressed concern over potential fraud and infringement of their privacy. So are there any relevant rules on the protection of personal information, and how are consumers’ interests really safeguarded in a country which still lacks a comprehensive set of privacy law?
