Privacy infringements and information breaches have become hot-button issues in China, the world’s largest internet market. Photo: Bloomberg Privacy infringements and information breaches have become hot-button issues in China, the world’s largest internet market. Photo: Bloomberg
Privacy infringements and information breaches have become hot-button issues in China, the world’s largest internet market. Photo: Bloomberg
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China sets limits on personal data collection by live-streaming, short video-sharing services

  • The Cyberspace Administration of China has drafted new rules to narrow the scope of user data collected by apps
  • Twelve types of apps, including live-streaming and short video-sharing services, will be prohibited from gathering personal information for basic functions

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Celia ChenIris Deng
Celia Chen in Shenzhen and Iris Deng

Updated: 4:59pm, 2 Dec, 2020

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Privacy infringements and information breaches have become hot-button issues in China, the world’s largest internet market. Photo: Bloomberg Privacy infringements and information breaches have become hot-button issues in China, the world’s largest internet market. Photo: Bloomberg
Privacy infringements and information breaches have become hot-button issues in China, the world’s largest internet market. Photo: Bloomberg
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