( August 26, 2022, 06:05 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Online travel site Agoda and fast-food restaurant franchises Domino's Pizza and Subway are among the operators of 47 Chinese mobile apps, software-development kits and mini programs asked by the regulator to rectify issues relating to infringements on users' interests and rights by Sept. 5. The companies failed to comply with previous rectification requests raised by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. They were among operators of 277 apps, SDKs and mini programs for hotel, catering, and services used by minors that were found to have illegally collected personal data, made mandatory requests for access to users' data, or forced users to use targeted recommendations.The statement, in Chinese, is attached:...
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