Considering these? App-solutely not! – China Issues Measures for the Identification of Illicit Collection and Use of Personal Information by Apps

By Gabriela Kennedy on July 15, 2020

Posted in APAC, China, Data Transfers, Privacy / Data Protection

On 30 December 2019, the Cyberspace Administration of China, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Public Security and State Administration for Market Regulation jointly released the Measures for the Identification of Illicit Collection and Use of Personal Information by Apps (“Measures ”). The Measures set out negative examples relating to the collection and use of personal information by mobile applications operators (“App operators ”) under specific circumstances, which can be divided into six categories.