China fines ride-sharer DiDi $1.2bn for data privacy abuse – why is China leading the world in this?

The Cyberspace Administration of China has fined ride-sharing company DiDi global ¥8.026 billion ($1.2 billion) for more than 64 billion illegal acts of data collection that it says were carried out maliciously and threatened national security. Yes, we do mean billion. As in a thousand million. The Administration enumerated DiDi’s indiscretions as follows: 53.976 billion Read more about China fines ride-sharer DiDi $1.2bn for data privacy abuse – why is China leading the world in this?[…]