Commuters wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus browse their smartphones as they walk by a mobile phone app advertisement at a subway station in Beijing, March 2, 2021. Photo: AP
Beijing names and shames Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu and 81 other apps for excessive data collection under new rules
- This is the latest batch of apps to face scrutiny after new regulations from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology came into effect on May 1
- The scrutiny on data privacy is part of a wider crackdown on China’s biggest tech companies, with tightened control over their business practices
Commuters wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus browse their smartphones as they walk by a mobile phone app advertisement at a subway station in Beijing, March 2, 2021. Photo: AP
