By MLex Staff ( September 18, 2026, 09:16 GMT | Insight) -- Chinese police are stepping up enforcement against companies that fail to protect personal information, with recent cases showing that transport groups, tourism developers and entertainment-venue operators are subject to regulatory scrutiny. The Ministry of Public Security has released 10 representative cases under its “Protect the Network-2026” campaign, selected from 38,000 administrative matters involving failures to meet cybersecurity, data-security and personal-information protection obligations.Chinese police are stepping up enforcement against companies that fail to protect personal information, with recent cases showing that transport groups, tourism developers and entertainment-venue operators are subject to regulatory scrutiny....
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