China targets 43 apps including WeChat for breaking data transfer rules

China targets 43 apps including WeChat for breaking data transfer rules

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China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said on Wednesday that 43 apps, including Tencent Holdings Ltd’s WeChat, were found to have illegally transferred user data, and ordered their parent companies to make rectifications.

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