Where personal information is handled in violation of the provisions of this Law or without fulfilling the personal information protection obligations provided in this Law, the departments with personal information protection duties shall order the violator to make corrections, give a warning, confiscate the illegal gains, and order the suspension or termination of provision of services by the applications that illegally handle personal information; where the violator refuses to make corrections, a fine of not more than RMB one million yuan shall be imposed thereupon; and the directly liable persons in charge and other directly liable persons shall each be fined not less than RMB 10,000 yuan nor more than RMB 100,000 yuan.
In case of an illegal act as prescribed in the preceding paragraph and the circumstances are serious, the departments with personal information protection duties at or above the provincial level shall order the violator to make corrections, confiscate the illegal gains, impose a fine of not more than RMB 50 million yuan or not more than five percent of the previous year’s turnover; may also order the suspension of relevant businesses, or order the suspension of all the business operations for an overhaul, and notify the competent authorities to revoke relevant business permits or license; shall impose a fine of not less than RMB 100,000 yuan but not more than RMB 1 million yuan upon each of the directly liable persons in charge and other directly liable persons, and may decide to prohibit the abovementioned persons from serving as directors, supervisors, senior managers, or the persons in charge of relevant companies within a specific period of time.
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