Beijing bashes Bing and lashes LinkedIn over improper data collection and storage
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2021/05/24/china_demands_microsoft_apps_rectify_data_use/
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Among the [1]listed 105 apps are Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, TikTok itself, Chinese video-sharing app Kuaishou, music streaming service Kugou, plus apps from local search engines Sogou and Baidu.
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn and Bing are also on the list, both for collecting more information than is necessary for the provision of their services.
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The internet watchdog has given the companies 15 working days to correct the issues or face penalties.
[4]GCHQ boss warns China can rewrite 'the global operating system' in its own authoritarian image
[5]Alibaba Cloud quietly tests desktops-as-a-service
[6]China outlines plan to boost economy with AI, a cloud OS it controls – and bringing in skilled foreigners
[7]Chinese AI censors live-streamed Alpacas – beasts with a very NSFW and political back story
Microsoft China may have seen this coming, as the company [8]stopped signing up new LinkedIn members in March 2021, citing the need to ensure compliance with local laws.
On May 1, [9]China’s new regulations for use of personal information by apps came into effect. The new regulations required informed and active consent to use consumer data. Beijing promised to monitor apps for compliance.
Microsoft is in good company in terms of having been told to clean up its apps, as the day before the abovementioned regulations came into effect, 33 aps, including some made by Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent, were identified as illegally collecting data and given 10 days to rectify their behaviour.
China has shown an increased willingness to crack down on tech companies for a range of things from [10]building monopolies to producing what it terms [11]“unhealthy content.” ®
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[1] http://www.cac.gov.cn/2021-05/20/c_1623091083320667.htm
[2] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_offbeat/legal&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2YKt5PMA93W4wwbFt0Njt5AAAAIE&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
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[4] https://www.theregister.com/2021/04/26/jeremy_fleming_gchq_china_warning/
[5] https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/11/alibaba_elastic_desktop_service_daas/
[6] https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/09/china_digital_economies_five_year_plan/
[7] https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/14/chinese_ai_censoring_some_livestreamed/
[8] https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/10/linkedin_china_pauses_signups/
[9] https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/03/china_app_privacy_crackdown/
[10] https://www.theregister.com/2021/04/12/alibaba_accepts_china_antitrust_fine/
[11] https://www.theregister.com/2020/06/24/china_video_censorship/
[12] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
So if they are forced to limit data collection in China, what are the chances they will adopt the same policy worldwide?
I am not holding my breath though.
Vote for the CCP stooge in your local election, and with a bit of luck, they'll have to!
(https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/122094310/jian-yang-the-national-mp-who-admitted-to-training-chinese-spies-retiring)
V Scary
First it was the Americans putting demands on other countries to follow its own rules
Now we have China doing the same
And American IT rollover like puppies
They chase the dollar and the yen and don’t care who gets hurt along the way
Americans chasing the dollar never saw the rise of China and now as they slip into subservience to China laws they go blindly still chasing the dollar
And so goes liberty ...
Wait
Bing and Linkedin are still being used by some? For some reason? I think China might have the right idea here.
Hit them! Hit them hard! =-D
Repeatedly. Enthusiasticly. With gusto! I volunteer to do speed metal drum solos on their heads! =-D