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China enacts automated-decision safeguards in its personal-data law

China enacted the Personal Information Protection Law, requiring transparency and fairness for automated decision-making and giving people rights to refuse or obtain explanations for certain automated decisions.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
AWAY FROM DOOM43confidence 92/100

Why it moved the index

A national binding law established transparency, choice, and explanation controls for consequential algorithmic decisions and substantial penalties for violations. Its real enforcement effect was not yet established at enactment.

Assessment history

  1. R1
    Away 43 · confidence 92

    New August 2021 binding automated-decision governance event absent from the durable corpus.

    12 Aug 2026

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  1. DoomBench assesses “China enacts automated-decision safeguards in its personal-data law” as evidence moving away from doom, with magnitude 43 and confidence 92 out of 100 in the governance and control category.

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