The Chinese government has announced that it has notified that the largest domestic ride-hailing service, "Drops," will stop downloading the Drops app, alleging that it has illegally collected and used personal information.
The Chinese government is tightening its squeeze on IT companies, which seems to be part of that.
Authorities that control the Internet in the Chinese government announced on the night of the 4th that the ride-hailing service "Drop" has announced that it will stop downloading on app stores such as smartphones, saying that it was illegally collecting and using personal information through the app Did.
Droplets is China's largest with 370 million annual users in the country, but officials announced on the 2nd of this month that they would be screened for national security reasons.
Drops said that the downloaded app can be used normally and will not affect the user, and commented, "Thanks for the guidance of the authorities, correct the problem and protect the privacy and data of the user." Announced.
The Chinese government is tightening its squeeze on the growing influence of giant IT companies, and this measure seems to be part of that.
Droplet, which is also funded by Japan's SoftBank Group, was just listed on the New York Stock Exchange on the 30th of last month, and it is expected that its business performance will be affected.