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new measures are an update of similar rules announced in 2018
and give the government more control over data collected by
these private companies.
Data generated by ride-hailing platforms cannot be used for
commercial purposes, must be stored for at least two years in
China, compared so six months previously, and it cannot be
exported or shown to outside entities without regulatory
authorisation.
The measures published on Friday also signal tighter regulatory
scrutiny from the transport ministry.
"Periodically carry out security investigations, promptly
rectify security risks and loopholes discovered, establish and
complete a whole-process data security management system, and
take necessary measures to prevent data from being tampered
with, destroyed, leaked, or illegally acquired or illegally
used," read one of the measures.
The new rules come at a time when expectations are on the rise
that ride-hailing giant Didi Global's apps might be allowed to
return to app stores and resume new user registrations.
The company was fined $1.2 billion on Thursday, concluding a
year-long probe that forced the ride-hailing leader to delist
from New York within a year of its debut and made foreign
investors wary about China's tech sector.
Regulatory tightening from the transport ministry highlights the
new normal of prioritising compliance that companies like Didi
have already begun adjusting to.
In June, the proportion of orders on Didi's platform deemed
compliant with regulations rose from 39.5% to 55.4%
year-on-year, according to transport ministry data.
(Reporting by Eduardo Baptista, Brenda Goh, Zoey Zhang and Ella
Cao; editing by John Stonestreet and David Evans)
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