China Passes Its Personal Information Protection Law
A previous draft of the law said that tech companies must ask for the user's consent to collect its data and users can withdraw at any time. On top of this, companies can't refuse to serve users that do not opt in unless the data is necessary for the provision of the product or the service.
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