Didi ride-hailing service pulled from app stores in China
by Vincent Ni China affairs correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5KWAQ)
Cyberspace regulator claimed the company had illegally collected users' personal data
China's cyberspace regulator has ordered smartphone app stores to pull Didi Global Inc's app after it alleged the ride-hailing company had illegally collected users' personal data".
On Sunday, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said it had told Didi to make changes to comply with data protection rules, four days after its initial public offering (IPO) in New York, which raised $4.4bn (3.2bn) - the biggest Chinese overseas IPO in the first half of the year.
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