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May 21, 2021 04:03 pm
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China Calls out ByteDance, Kuaishou, and LinkedIn For Illegal Data Collection
China's internet watchdog has named and shamed some of the country's most popular mobile applications, including the Chinese version of TikTok, Kuaishou, LinkedIn and 102 other apps, for the illegal collection and use of personal data. From a report: The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said that after receiving complaints from users, it had found that 105 apps had violated several laws and had infringed personal information through illegal access, over-collection and excessive authorisation, according to a notice on its WeChat official account. Short video apps including Kuaishou and ByteDance-owned TikTok were included in the list as well as Microsoft-owned LinkedIn and Bing, Tencent-owned music streaming service Kugou, and search giant Baidu's mobile browser.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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