China Calls Out 33 Apps for Violating User Privacy

China’s cyberspace watchdog has released another list of app-makers caught abusing user data — including some backed by China’s biggest tech firms — as part of an ongoing national crackdown.

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) on Saturday released (link in Chinese) a list of 33 apps — including popular Gaode Map, Baidu Map and Tencent Map — that it said were violating data rules by collecting personal information that’s not necessary for their services, or using the data without consent.