China-Singapore Jingwei Client, July 26 (Chang Tao) Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology notified 58 apps that violated user rights. A reporter from Sino-Singapore Jingwei found that behind the 58 apps that were exposed, more than ten listed companies, including 58.com, Giant Network, Xunlei, Bank of Communications, and Fangduoduo, were involved.
More than ten listed companies involved
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology reported that in accordance with laws and regulations such as the Cyber Security Law, the Telecommunications Regulations, and the Provisions on the Protection of Personal Information of Telecommunications and Internet Users, recently organized third-party testing agencies to inspect mobile phone applications and urge companies with problems to make rectifications. Up to now, there are still 58 APPs that have not been rectified.
The problems of these 58 APPs include private collection of personal information, collection of personal information beyond the scope, frequent application for permissions, excessive request for permissions, difficulty in account cancellation, private sharing to third parties, and denial of permissions. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology requires that 58 APPs should complete the rectification and implementation work before July 30. If the rectification is not completed within the time limit, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will organize and carry out relevant disposal work in accordance with laws and regulations.
A reporter from Sino-Singapore Jingwei found that behind the 58 APPs notified, more than a dozen U.S., Hong Kong, and A-share listed companies were involved.
Part of the infringement of user rights and interests of the APP involved a listed company China-Singapore Jingwei Chang Tao
For example, "Supin 58 Ganji.com Recruitment" and "Kaigou Taxi" are all products of 58.com, a listed company on the US stock market. Among them, "Supin 58 Ganji.com Recruitment" involves private collection of personal information, private sharing with third parties, and excessive request for permissions. Big problem: "Kai Gou taxi" has four major problems: private collection of personal information, private sharing with third parties, frequent application for permissions, and excessive request for permissions.
For example, "Fangduoduo" is a product of Fangduoduo, a listed company on the US stock market. There are five major problems: private collection of personal information, collection of personal information beyond the scope, private sharing with third parties, forcing users to use targeted push functions, and frequent application for permissions. Public information shows that Fangduoduo landed on Nasdaq in November 2019. It is "the first domestic industrial Internet SaaS (software service) mode of real estate intermediary company" and provides online solutions for many intermediary merchants.
In addition, in the notified list, "Dudu Beauty Live", "MUST" and "Battle Ball" are all products of A-share listed company Giant Network; "Xunfei Yousheng" is a product of A-share listed company iFlytek; "Xunlei Live" "" is a product of Xunlei, a US-listed company; "Xiaopeng Manager" is a product of Shenzhen Xiaopeng Technology Service Co., Ltd., but in fact Shenzhen Xiaopeng is a subsidiary of Dr. Peng, an A-share listed company.
Launch of special rectification actions for APP infringement of user rights and interests
A reporter from China-Singapore Jingwei noted that some companies have responded to issues related to their products.
In response to the problem of the difficulty in deregistration of the "Qunar.com" APP account pointed out in the report, according to the Beijing News, Qunar responded that in order to prevent illegal assets from using frequent registration and deregistration to gain benefits, Qunar conducted the process on the basis of voluntary cancellation. The interval between registration and cancellation is one month. Considering the convenience of cancellation and account security, the cancellation has been changed to take effect immediately, and it is currently awaiting review.
A cyber security expert who did not want to be named told the Sino-Singapore Jingwei client that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has issued three APP notifications of such violations of user rights and interests this year. Among them, the three issues of private collection of personal information, excessive request for permissions, and difficulty in account cancellation have been repeatedly "managed". It can also be found from the notification that the current APP violation of privacy is attracting more and more attention.
On July 24, on the day when 58 apps that violated users' rights and interests were notified, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology stated that it had issued a notice a few days ago to deploy and carry out a special rectification action to promote APP infringements of user rights and interests. The special rectification will strengthen supervision and inspection in accordance with regulations, urge relevant companies to strengthen APP personal information protection, and timely rectify and eliminate outstanding issues such as illegal collection, use of user personal information, harassment of users, deception and misleading users, and insufficient implementation of application distribution platform management responsibilities, and purify APP Application space.
A reporter from China-Singapore Jingwei noted that the rectification tasks of the special rectification action for APP infringing on user rights and interests include four major aspects: 1. APP and SDK handle users' personal information in violation of regulations. Specifically, 1. Collect personal information in violation of regulations; 2. Collect personal information beyond the scope; 3. Use personal information in violation of regulations; 4. Force users to use the targeted push function.
2. Setting obstacles and frequent harassment of users. Specifically, 1. APP compulsory, frequent, and excessively requesting permissions; 2. APP frequent self-starting and associated startup.
3. Deception and misleading users. Specifically, 1. To deceive and mislead users to download APP; 2. To deceive and mislead users to provide personal information.
Fourth, the application distribution platform responsibility is not implemented in place. Specifically, 1. App information on the application distribution platform is not clearly stated; 2. Application distribution platform management responsibilities are not in place. (Zhongxin Jingwei APP)
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