China Orders Didi App Downloads Suspended Over Data Violation

China Orders Didi App Downloads Suspended Over Data Violation
A navigation map on the app of Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi is seen on a mobile phone in front of the app logo displayed in this illustration picture taken July 1, 2021. Reuters/Florence Lo/Illustration
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The Chinese regime’s cyberspace regulator said on July 4 that it had ordered smartphone app stores to stop offering Didi Global Inc’s app after finding that the ride-hailing giant had illegally collected users’ personal data.

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said it had told Didi to make changes to comply with Chinese data protection rules, four days after Didi began trading on the New York Stock Exchange, having raised $4.4 billion in an initial public offering.