Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Special rectification will be carried out on these eight types of APP behaviors

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On November 25, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "Notice on Carrying out Special Remediation Work on APPs that Infringe User Rights and Interests", launching a new round of supervision, inspection and standardized remediation of APPs' illegal collection of personal information, excessive rights requests, and frequent harassment.

The notice pointed out that eight types of APP violations were included in this round of rectification, including:

1. "Collecting personal information without permission." This means that the APP collects user personal information without clearly informing the purpose, method and scope of collecting and using personal information and obtaining the user's consent.

2. "Collection of personal information beyond the scope". This means that the APP collects personal information that is not necessary for the service or has no reasonable application scenario, and collects personal information beyond the scope or frequency, such as address book, location, ID card, face, etc.

3. " Sharing with third parties without permission ." This means that the APP shares and uses user personal information with other applications without the user's consent, such as device identification information, product browsing history, search and usage habits, and lists of frequently used software applications.

4. " Forcing users to use the targeted push function ." This means that the APP uses the collected personal information such as user searches, browsing history, and usage habits for targeted push or precision marketing without informing the user or not clearly indicating it, and does not provide an option to turn off the function.

5. “No permission, no use.” This means that when the APP is installed and running, it asks the user for permissions that are irrelevant to the current service scenario. If the user refuses to authorize, the application will exit or close.

6. “ Frequent application for permissions ”: After the user explicitly refuses the permission application, the APP frequently applies for permissions that are irrelevant to the current service scenario, such as address book, location, SMS, recording, camera, etc., to harass the user.

7. " Excessive request for permissions ". This means that the APP applies for permissions to open the address book, location, SMS, recording, camera, etc. in advance when the user is not using the relevant functions or services, or applies for permissions to open the address book, location, SMS, recording, camera, etc. beyond its business functions or services.

8. “Difficulty in account cancellation”: The APP does not provide account cancellation service to users, or sets unreasonable obstacles for the cancellation service.