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A navigation map on the app of Chinese carpooling giant Didi can be seen on a mobile phone in front of the app logo displayed in this illustrative photo taken on July 1, 2021. REUTERS / Florence Lo / Illustration
BEIJING, July 4 (Reuters) – China’s Cyberspace Administration announced on Sunday that it had ordered smartphone app stores to stop selling the app of ridesharing company Didi Global Inc (DIDI.N) after discovering that Didi had illegally collected users’ personal data.
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said on its social media feed that it had ordered Didi to make changes to comply with Chinese data protection rules.
The ACC on Friday announced an investigation into Didi to protect “national security and the public interest,” two days after the company began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. [nL2N2OE0QZ]
Didi, which provides services in China and more than 15 other markets, collects large amounts of real-time mobility data every day. It uses some of the data for autonomous driving technologies and traffic analysis.
Didi did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Founded by Will Cheng in 2012, the company has already been the subject of regulatory investigations in China over safety and its operating license. Read more
Reporting by Yilei Sun and Tony Munroe; Editing by Kevin Liffey
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