Recently, the State Cyberspace Administration of China issued the "Scope of Personal Information Required for Common Types of Mobile Internet Applications (Apps) (Draft for Solicitation of Comments)". The document stipulates the necessary personal information for 38 common types of apps such as map navigation, online ride-hailing, and instant messaging. range. As long as the user agrees to collect the necessary personal information, the App must not refuse the user to install and use. The reporter visited by
and learned that while mobile apps are convenient for life, there is a widespread problem of over-range collection and mandatory collection of users' personal information, which has caused distress to citizens. Many citizens believe that if the National Cyberspace Administration of China introduces new regulations, it will increase users' right to choose to a certain extent, which will help protect personal privacy from leakage.
App collection of personal information becomes the norm
Most people worry about information leakage
When Miss Luo clicks on a certain video software, a window pops up: "Do you agree to the App to obtain your address book and friends." Miss Luo believes that the App has a super The scope of the behavior of obtaining usage rights and user information, "I am just watching a video, why do I need to obtain my address book?"
This phenomenon has become very common. Every time a new software is downloaded, Mr. Duan will see a user agreement on the phone screen. "Every time I can only check and agree, if I don't check it, I won't be able to use the software, it feels like I've been kidnapped." Mr. Duan said.
"I think even if I don't have the permission, it can still get my information." Mr. Li recently plans to buy a house and keep pets, so he often talks about related topics with his girlfriend. Since then, he has frequently received promotional text messages for real estate, and even the on-screen advertisement of the App is also a promotion related to cat food cattery. But Mr. Li said that he had never searched for relevant content on the Internet, and he was very puzzled when he saw such accurate pushes.
"My information seems to be shared." After the real estate company's App reads most of the information in the mobile phone, Mr. Zhang will often receive calls and text messages to promote the house and clean up. This made Mr. Zhang very uncomfortable, “it seems to be spied on.”
In 2019, the app’s illegal collection and use of personal information special governance working group has been involved in food delivery, map navigation, online shopping, financial lending, instant messaging, community social networking For nearly 20 categories, a total of 100 apps are used for user information collection statistics. The statistical results show that, on average, there are 10 permissions related to the collection of personal information for each App, and the average number of permissions that cannot be installed or run if the user does not agree to open is 3.
"Statistical Report on the National Internet Security Satisfaction Survey of Netizens in 2019" shows that 37.4% of Internet users believe that online personal information leaks are "very much" and "more", and 58.75% of public Internet users said they have encountered personal information infringements.
handed back the right of choice to the user
hoped that the supervision would be put in place
"As long as it is convenient to use, I can accept it." Some citizens indicated that it was acceptable for the App to collect users' personal information beyond the scope. However, more citizens believe that this will lead to the leakage of personal privacy, and hope that this unreasonable phenomenon can be curbed to a certain extent.
Mr. Zhang often encounters situations where real estate apps require mobile phone address books. He believes that collecting detailed user information can help the software to do its own promotion and operation to a certain extent, but this is at the expense of user privacy. Mr. Ge held the same view and said, “The unlimited expansion of the authority of the App must be prohibited, and the right to choose is left to the user.”
On December 1, the State Cyberspace Administration of China issued the “Scope of Personal Information Required for Common Types of Mobile Internet Applications (Apps) ( Draft for comments)". Necessary personal information refers to personal information necessary to ensure the normal operation of the basic functions of the App. Without this information, the App cannot provide basic functional services. Among them, none of the relevant content includes biometric information such as face recognition and fingerprint recognition. Mr. Ge believes that face recognition can indeed bring a lot of convenience, but it must not be abused, otherwise it will bury a lot of security risks.
This draft of the opinion clearly stipulates the scope of necessary personal information for 38 common types of apps such as map navigation, online ride-hailing, and instant messaging. Mr. Zhang believes that from the current point of view, the opinion draft has been very detailed and perfect, "If there is a new classification app,Relevant departments should also make amendments and supplements. "Z2z
In addition, the draft opinion also clarifies that as long as the user agrees to collect the necessary personal information, the App must not refuse the user to install and use it. "In the past, users followed the guide settings of the App and were in a passive position. "Mr. Zhang believes that the regulations will give users more autonomy and choice. Mr. Li said that he hopes that after the State Cyberspace Administration of China introduces new regulations, relevant departments can effectively strengthen supervision. "Only when supervision is in place will it be implemented. it is good. "Another citizen said that while the relevant departments are strengthening supervision, users should also raise their awareness of self-prevention to prevent personal information from falling into the hands of criminals.
[Reporter] Ou Chuxin
[shooting/editing] Ou Chuxin intern Liu Yuhua Wang Jimin
[ Author] Ou Chuxin
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