Xiaomi App Store: Completed the first batch of 30,000 apps privacy testing, 13,000 of which are risky

     Xiaomi App Store recently released a special self-inspection action announcement on "Apps’ illegal collection and use of personal information and other issues that infringe on user rights."

　　Previously, Xiaomi App Store launched a special campaign on July 13 to "self-examine apps for violations of user rights such as illegal collection and use of personal information". As of July 30, the first batch of apps in the library were self-examined and the application disposal was as follows:

　　1. Completed the privacy testing of the first batch of 30,000 apps, and found a total of 13,000 apps with privacy compliance risks.

　　2. During this period, Xiaomi App Store assisted in modifying 1,258 apps, of which 890 were approved for listing; in addition, developers actively conducted self-inspections and independently initiated version updates for 2,103 apps.

　　3. In response to situations where developers cannot be contacted or apps have not been updated for a long time, Xiaomi App Store, in the spirit of being responsible for user rights and information security, has removed 11,742 apps with the above-mentioned situations from the shelves, and added privacy risk reminders in the app search process.

　　Xiaomi said that the Xiaomi App Store has improved its automated detection capabilities for privacy and security issues such as illegal collection, excessive rights requests, and frequent harassment, which has effectively ensured the platform's privacy compliance detection; established a special customer service team to quickly respond to developers' feedback and special suggestions; and produced the "App Common Privacy Issues Compliance Guidelines" to guide developers to efficiently conduct self-inspection and problem correction. These measures have ensured the orderly implementation of this self-inspection project and its initial success.

　　On August 1, Xiaomi App Store has launched the second batch of self-inspection of applications, and it is expected to detect 30,000 applications in the library. For applications with privacy issues, developers will be notified as soon as possible. Please pay attention to it in time and cooperate in correcting the problems.

　　Xiaomi said that in the next step, while continuing to carry out the self-inspection project, it will focus on optimizing the application privacy compliance testing service for developers. A new convenient privacy problem query portal will be added to help developers realize independent detection, modification, and retest of privacy issues by providing application privacy detection reports and corresponding modification guidance, thereby reducing developers' release costs and improving modification efficiency.