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Chinese lawmakers passed new data privacy legislation Friday that places restrictions on how personal information can be collected and used, according to state-run news agency Xinhua. The personal data law, reportedly one of the toughest in the world, goes into effect Nov. 1. 

The law could make it significantly harder for tech companies to access and use the information of consumers in China, according to the South China Morning Post. It’ll reportedly let people turn off targeted advertising and give them a way to reject “excessive data collection.”