Abuses of Dominance Involving Personal Information in China

China’s recently adopted Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”) is a new weapon in its arsenal to tame big tech companies. As the first comprehensive legislation to protect personal information within China, the PIPL was adopted amidst a broad regulatory assault on Chinese big tech companies by multiple enforcement agencies, including the State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”), which is responsible for enforcing the PRC Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”). The PIPL’s ado