China News Service, November 8 According to the website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, a few days ago, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "Notice on Carrying out Information and Communication Service Perception Improvement Actions" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice").
The Information and Communication Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology interpreted relevant content on the 8th. It mentioned that in order to allow users to clearly understand the sharing of personal information among APP, SDK and other third parties, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, based on the previous APP special governance actions, further requires companies In the secondary menu, the basic information of the user's personal information shared by the APP and the third party is listed, including the type of personal information shared with the third party, the purpose of use, the usage scenario, and the sharing method.
According to the "Notice", the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has decided to carry out information and communication service perception enhancement actions from November 2021 to March 2022.
According to relevant laws and regulations, this special action by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology requires relevant companies (combined with the scale of the company and the number of users, the first batch of 39 major Internet companies) to establish a list of collected personal information and a list of personal information shared with third parties, and to upload it on the APP Display in the secondary menu, convenient for users to query.
One is to establish a list of collected personal information
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In response to users' strong feedback and serious violations of user rights and violations of user rights and interests, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "Notice on Carrying out Special Rectification Actions to Promote App Infringement of Users' Rights and Interests" (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Xinguanhan [2020] No.164) in the early stage. , It puts forward clear requirements on APP information collection behavior.
At present, some companies still have the problem of unclear notification of collecting and using information, and users report that they are not clear about what personal information the APP collects.
In order to better protect users’ right to know, the “Notice” requires relevant companies to concisely and clearly list the basic information of users’ personal information collected by apps (including the embedded third-party software tool development kit SDK), including the type of information, purpose of use, Use scenarios, etc.
The second is to establish a list of personal information shared with third parties
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The use of third-party SDKs and other third-party services has become a common technical method in the development and operation of APPs. While helping the rapid realization of APP functions and services, it has also caused some problems that infringe on the rights and interests of users.
Users often report that "browsing and purchasing products on a certain APP, while other APPs will push related content", users are unaware of where personal information is shared, which can easily cause panic.
In order to allow users to clearly understand the sharing of personal information among APP, SDK and other third parties, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, based on the previous APP special governance actions, further requires companies to list the basic user personal information shared by APP and third parties in the secondary menu. Circumstances, including the types of personal information shared with third parties, purpose of use, usage scenarios, and sharing methods, etc.