New EU regulations come into force, millet Yeelight intelligent lighting suspension of European part service

The European Union is eager to set up a new example because many companies have failed to collect user data. The GDPR, considered the harshest data privacy law in history, came into force in the European Union in May 25th. The business of some companies has been affected by this, and it has begun to stop serving users in the EU, and Yeelight, a smart lighting manufacturer under the flag of millet, is no exception.

According to the Yeelight official network, Yeelight is an intelligent lighting brand, and the millet ecological chain is added in 2014.

Yeelight has been programmed to inform users that their services will no longer be available in the European Union. The specific content is: "because of the GDPR regulations, we will not be able to provide you with the service. If you have any information about privacy policy, please contact us by email. "

According to the EU's regulations in the GDPR, the organization must be transparent to the processing of personal data. Enterprises that have violated the regulations may face a fine of 4% of their annual revenue. This has caused some anxiety in the industry, and many companies want consultants, business partners and regulators to seek advice, and even technology companies choose to stop providing services to the residents of the European Union.

For this reason, some netizens have raised doubts about whether Yeelight has collected user privacy data. Then, Yeelight CEO Jiang Zhaoning in reply to deny the behavior, and said that this time is just a temporary downline, after the compliance will continue online.

He replied: "we do not retain user privacy data, this is a moral problem, for a long-term business, this is an important basic point, the EU GDPR requirements are very broad, all non EU API calls and data access are banned, as a Chinese manufacturer, the EU's servers are completely disconnected with China Communication requires a lot of software development and testing, in order to avoid possible problems, temporary downline, and the EU compliance will continue to go online. "

Not long after, the Yeelight official responded that Yeelight is working on software upgrading in response to the requirements of the latest regulations and is expected to be completed in a week. They also said that Yeelight resolutely safeguards user privacy and data security, and in any country and region, will comply with the requirements of local laws and regulations, and do the best to protect the user's privacy data from illegal collection or abuse. Thank you for your attention and understanding of Yeelight.

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