On August 20, 2021, the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) was approved and will come into force from November 1, 2021 in China. The PIPL reorganizes the current legislation on personal data protection, previously contained in various provisions of the Network Security Law (in force since June 2017), of the Civil Code (in force since January 2021) and of the Data Security Law (in force since September 2021), and introduces some new features. The Authority in charge of