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Chinese prosecutors log 5,061 public-interest privacy cases in 2024

By MLex Staff ( March 11, 2025, 06:53 GMT | Insight) -- Prosecutors in China managed 5,061 public-interest lawsuits aimed at protecting personal information in 2024, a 21 percent decline from the previous year, according to the annual public-interest litigation report from the Supreme People's Procuratorate. To prevent personal-data breaches, the top prosecution office has directed local authorities to prioritize the protection of sensitive personal information, such as biometric data, medical-health information, financial accounts and location tracking, when handling public-interest lawsuits, the report said. Prosecutors in China managed 5,061 public-interest lawsuits aimed at protecting personal information in 2024, a 21 percent decline from the previous year, according to the annual public-interest litigation report from the Supreme People's Procuratorate, or SPP....

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