Security News > 2021 > May > Beijing twirls ban-hammer at 84 more apps it says need to stop slurping excess data
2021-05-12 05:19
China's Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission has named 84 apps it says breach local privacy laws and given their developers 15 days to "Rectify" their code.
The Commission has posted two lists of apps it says need fixing, fast.
The first names 36 apps that breach user security by gathering and/or sharing more data than they need or doing so without users' consent.
Most of the other apps on the first list share similar problems.
The second list, of 48 apps, covers online lending apps.
Apps earned their place on the naughty list for excess info sharing, or for facilitating forbidden loans.