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Vietnam's competition authority summons messaging app Zalo over terms of service

( December 30, 2025, 08:28 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The Vietnam Competition Commission on late Monday requested a meeting with VNG Corporation, the developer behind the country’s most-used messaging application Zalo, over the app's recent request to users to accept its terms of service updates. The new terms enable Zalo to collect users' personal data, including ID numbers and personal images, and share them among VNG subsidiaries and affiliated companies. Users who don't accept the changes are told their accounts will be deleted after 45 days. The move came a few days before the personal data protection law is set to take effect on Jan. 1. The meeting is set to take place tomorrow, where VNG must clarify how Zalo updates its terms of service, and submit all documents it uses to govern the collection, processing, storage, sharing and protection of Zalo users’ personal information.The statement follows:...

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