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8 Jan 2018

China: Privacy worries increase among internet users, as Tencent denies storing WeChat records, Alibaba’s Ant Financial apologises for opting in users for credit scoring system

"Tencent Holdings, whose WeChat messaging app has more than 1 billion users worldwide, said it does not store any user chat histories, after Chinese automotive industry tycoon Li Shufu reportedly slammed the company for invading user privacy. "..."Ant Financial has apologised for making the opt-in to its social credit scoring service the default when users opened a new report in the app, a move that angered some people who felt the company was misleading them into handing over their data..."