BEIJING, June 28 -- Mobile app providers must fulfill "six obligations" when operating inChina, including requiring realname registration and preserving records of their users'activity for at least two months, a new regulation has made clear.
Firstly, app providers must verify users' identities by requiring mobile phone numbers orother information, according to the regulation released by the Cyberspace Administrationof China on Tuesday.
Secondly, they should protect users' information and cannot use the information withoutthe users' consent.、
Thirdly, the providers should improve their censorship and punish anyone releasing illicitinformation through warnings, suspension of service or shutting down accounts, theregulation said.
Under Chinese law, online rumormongers and those who promote extremism or terrorismcan face prison sentences.
Fourthly,they must inform users of their rights and are forbidden from collecting users'location information and reading their contacts stealthily.
Fifthly, mobile app providers are banned from pirating others' products.
Lastly, they are asked to record user logs and preserve the information for at least 60days, the regulation said.
China Daily |
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