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Illegal facial data collection results in fine for business in southwest Chinese city

By MLex Staff ( June 9, 2025, 07:40 GMT | Insight) -- A real estate firm in the southwest Chinese city of Chongqing has been fined for illegally collecting facial recognition data for marketing purposes. The penalty was issued during a municipal crackdown on the technology abuse to an unnamed company in the Dadukou district, which received a 10,000-yuan fine ($1,390), a correction order and a warning for failing to adequately fulfill its responsibilities, in violation of China’s Personal Information Protection Law and the Regulations on Network Data Security Management. A real estate firm in the southwest Chinese city of Chongqing has been fined for illegally collecting facial recognition data for marketing purposes, amid a municipal crackdown on the technology abuse....

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