China News Service, March 16th, according to the website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, four apps, industry and information for the memory optimization master, smart cleaning master, super cleaning master, and mobile phone housekeeper pro exposed in the 2021 China Central Radio and Television Headquarters "3.15" party The Ministry of Chemical Industry immediately organized and carried out technical inspections to verify that it had problems such as deceiving and misleading users to download and processing personal information in violation of regulations. It has asked the main application stores to be removed, and organized the communications administrations of Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Guangdong. The subject of the enterprise involved conducts investigation and handling.

  The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology attaches great importance to the protection of the rights and interests of APP users, and has carried out special rectification actions for APP infringement of user rights and interests for two consecutive years, focusing on rectifying ten major problems in four aspects, including the illegal collection and use of personal information by APP, and deception and misleading users to download.

As of March 2021, a total of 730,000 APPs have been technically tested, 12 consecutive batches of external notifications have been issued, and 3,046 illegal apps have been ordered to rectify, and 179 apps that refused to be rectified have been removed from the shelves. The governance work has achieved positive results.

  The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology organized and carried out technical inspections in the first time for the four apps of Memory Optimization Master, Smart Clean Master, Super Clean Master, and Mobile Phone Manager pro exposed at the "3.15" Gala of China Central Radio and Television Headquarters in 2021 to verify their existence For issues such as deceiving and misleading users to download and processing personal information in violation of regulations, major app stores have been requested to be removed, and four provincial and municipal communications administrations of Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Guangdong have been organized to investigate and deal with the entities involved.

In the previous special rectification actions, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology ordered the rectification of 300 apps, 37 public notifications, and the removal of 3 apps for apps that deceive and mislead users to download; for mobile phone butlers, memory optimization, For garbage cleaning apps, 75 models were ordered to be rectified, 20 models were publicly notified, and 1 model was removed from the shelves.

  At the same time, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology attaches great importance to the ageing of Internet applications. In accordance with the relevant requirements of the State Council’s "Implementation Plan for Effectively Solving the Difficulties in Intelligent Technology for the Elderly", the "Special Action for Internet Application Ageing and Accessibility Improvement" was launched in January 2021. Instructed 158 websites and APPs commonly used by the elderly to complete the transformation. In response to the problem of "mandatory advertisements and easy to mislead the elderly", the modified APP version is required to no longer have ad plug-ins.

  In the next step, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will always practice the people-centered development concept, further build an industry-wide service supervision system covering basic telecommunications companies, various telecommunications business operators, and Internet service providers, strengthen Internet industry supervision, and promote continuous enterprise innovation And improve the quality of services, and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of users.

  The first is to strengthen special rectification, highlight the problems that the masses have strongly complained, and severely investigate and deal with various violations of laws and regulations, and increase exposure and handling.

  The second is to improve the system and standards, and jointly with relevant departments promulgate the "Interim Provisions on the Management of Personal Information Protection for Mobile Internet Applications" as soon as possible to further improve the personal information protection standard system and promote the introduction of relevant industry standards and national standards.

  The third is to strengthen the construction of technical means, use artificial intelligence, big data and other new technologies and new means to greatly increase the coverage and depth of automated testing of the national APP technology testing platform.

  The fourth is to strengthen industry self-discipline, urge enterprises to further strengthen the awareness of personal information protection red lines, and regard user rights protection as the lifeline of enterprise development, and create a safer, healthier and cleaner APP application environment for users.

  At the same time, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will continue to focus on the implementation of Internet applications to adapt to aging, helping the elderly to enjoy smart services more quickly and safely.