WeChat Reading controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2020
Found to Infringe Personal Information Rights by Processing Friend and Reading Data Without Valid Consent
In 2020, the Beijing Internet Court ruled at first instance that WeChat Reading had infringed users' personal information rights, ordering it to stop the relevant collection and display, delete the lists, and issue an apology; the court did not uphold the claim of privacy infringement. The platform said it had optimized the relevant features.
2020
User prevails in case against WeChat Read
Ruling
A user sued WeChat Read over the alleged unauthorized association of her account with WeChat friends and the ability of those friends to view her reading activity and related information. According to the source headline, the user prevailed in the case. The available excerpt does not provide further details of the ruling, such as the court's reasoning or the outcome for the platform.
A user sued WeChat Read over alleged unauthorized association of her account with WeChat friends and their ability to view her reading activity and related information. The source headline reports that the user prevailed; the excerpt does not provide further details of the ruling.
Source excerpt
用户告微信读书侵犯个人信息胜诉
去年上半年，微信读书用户黄女士发现，自己的微信读书在完全不知情的情况下关联了上百位微信好友，且微信好友可以随意查看她正在阅读的书籍、读书想法等信息。基于此，她认为微信读书侵害了她的个人信息权益及隐私权，诉至法院。