Keep watchful eye on tricks of the apps

ON WEDNESDAY, the China Consumers' Association released a report on 100 smartphone apps, which found that the majority of them are suspected of collecting privacy and personal information that is unnecessary for their use. Beijing News comments:

Of the 100 tested applications, 34 contain no privacy terms for users at all, while 47 others contain privacy terms that fail to meet legal standards. Besides, 59 are suspected of collecting the location information of the user without a good reason, while 28 are suspected of collecting the user's address book data.

The majority of the applications suspected of violating user's privacy are run by small-and medium-sized enterprises, yet some large enterprises, such as the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, are also suspected of such behavior.