China expands police cybersecurity inspections of data, algorithms under new rules
By MLex Staff ( August 11, 2026, 08:11 GMT | Insight) -- China is expanding the scope of police oversight of cyberspace, bringing data processing, personal information and algorithms more explicitly within a security-inspection regime as Beijing updates rules first introduced eight years ago. The Ministry of Public Security recently issued the Measures for the Supervision and Inspection of Cyberspace Security by Public Security Organs, replacing 2018 rules governing internet-security inspections.China is expanding the scope of police oversight of cyberspace, bringing data processing, personal information and algorithms more explicitly within a security-inspection regime as Beijing updates rules first introduced eight years ago....
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