China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced investigations into alleged data protection violations concerning versions of mobile apps with broken protection or "cracked apps." The MIIT probed claims against cracked versions of distribution platforms, e-commerce and search platforms under general and sectoral data privacy law, including the Personal Information Protection Law. The regulator urged apps to improve internal oversight of potential data protection issues and increase system testing and inspections.
20 March 2023
Regulator probes 'cracked' Chinese mobile apps
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