In China, developers will no longer be able to force users to share personal data in exchange for access to the application. Now, in case of refusal, people will still be able to access this or that program. The new rules will come into force on May 1.TechCrunch reports that this became known from a joint document of four local regulators — the Cyberspace Administration, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security and the State Administration for Market Regulation.
There is even a special list allowed for the collection of personal data. It was introduced by the Chinese authorities in December. The list concerns 39 main types of applications present in the Celestial market, including instant HTML games.
TechCrunch notes that now the document is more advisory in nature. It is unclear from it how the process will be regulated and what punishment will be faced by developers who force users to provide redundant information.