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IQ iQiyi Inc

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China Finds 43 Apps Including Tencent's Weixin in Breach of User Data Rules

18/08/2021 12:16pm

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   By Yifan Wang 
 

China has called out 43 apps, including Tencent Holdings Ltd.'s billion-user messaging app Weixin, for breaching user data rules.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said in a statement on Wednesday that several Tencent apps, including Weixin, Tencent Video, and Tencent Maps, have accessed users' contact lists and location data, going against existing rules. The authority also pointed to harassment of users with pop-up windows.

The authority cited other apps, including iQiyi's video streaming platform and Suning.com's ecommerce app.

The MIIT ordered the 43 apps to rectify their operations by Aug. 25, and threatened punishment if necessary actions aren't carried out in time.

The move came on the same day that Tencent released its second-quarter earnings.

The ministry has launched an ongoing crackdown on violations of user rights and data by digital apps since 2020, when China began to tighten its grip on the fast-expanding internet industry.

The government agency had earlier found other apps, including those owned by large tech firms ByteDance Ltd. and HUYA Inc., to be in breach of data privacy rules.

 

Write to Yifan Wang at yifan.wang@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

August 18, 2021 07:06 ET (11:06 GMT)

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