( August 20, 2026, 02:57 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Chinese authorities have stepped up enforcement of personal-information rules under a 2026 nationwide campaign, reviewing more than 20,000 apps and software-development kits, or SDKs, and ordering fixes at more than 4,000, the central internet regulator said in a Wednesday enforcement update. Regulators publicly named more than 1,100 apps and SDKs for violations and took measures including removal against more than 400. Authorities also ordered fixes to products from more than 1,000 companies and institutions over advertising, user profiling and personalized-ad practices. The campaign screened more than 90,000 companies and institutions across education, transportation, health and finance sectors, prompting fixes for more than 12,000 risks, while police intensified crackdowns on data leaks, illegal information trading and company insiders.Statement follows (in Chinese). ...
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