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PUBG Chinese or South Korean, know- where is the data stored and what is the privacy policy?
Can PUBG Mobile be banned in India? This app has been created by South Korean company, so what is its connection with China. Learn what its user data policy says here.
These apps are mostly clones of old banned apps. According to sources, a list of more than 250 other Chinese apps is being prepared. The news is that Pabji Mobile can also be named in it.
Can PubG Mobile be banned in India? Does this app also belong to the category of Chinese apps? Where does this app stand on data security and privacy? In this article, we will try to answer such questions.
Chinese App or South Korean App?
There is already a debate about Pabji Mobile whether it is a Chinese app or a South Korean app. The reason for this is that the company that makes this app is Bluehole, it is not from China but from South Korea.
Player is Unknown Battleground ie PUBG Multi Player Gaming which is created by Bluehole. This company is a subsidiary of South Korean Bluehole Studios. PUBG Mobile was released in 2018 on Google Play Store and App Store.
PUBG video games became increasingly popular and because of this, China’s largest video games publisher, Tencent Games, talked to South Korean Bluehole to launch the game in China and buy stakes in the company.
Chinese company tensant entry
Chinese company Tencent Games bought steak at Bluehole. The mobile version was developed by Tencent. After this, Tencent became publisher of PUBG Mobile. Since then, Tensant’s logo is also visible on opening PUBG mobile, which is a Chinese company.
It is also important for you to understand that there is a difference between PUBG and PUBG Mobile. There is a difference between the publishers of these two. In China, Bluehole launched PubG Mobile in association with Tencent.
Tencent released and launched mobile version in China
Initially, Pabji in Tencent bought the right for distribution in China. After this, he partnered with Bluehole to bring a mobile version of this game.
Overall, this game played on PUBG Mobile – ie smartphones and tablets, was created by Tencent Game and launched in China.
Where does this app come on the privacy front?
The privacy policy of PUBG Mobile is like that of most other apps which access many important and unnecessary information from users.
The privacy policy of PUBG Mobile says that the company’s servers are also in India and the data of the users here is stored in its servers. However, its servers are also in China. However, the company also stores some user data on servers in the US and Singapore as well.
Your data can be shared with third party
As far as the sharing of personal information of the user is concerned, the company can give the data of Indian users of PUBG Mobile to any third party.
It is written here, ‘We allow any third party to collect and use your data, we are responsible for insuring that no third party users should disclose personal information with anyone’.
‘No security guaranteed’
According to the company’s policy, PUBG is committed to the personal information security of users. But the company has also said that since the exchange of information is through the internet, it is not completely secure.
According to PUBG Mobile, the company takes the majors for data protection, but still the company cannot guarantee the security of the information that has been transferred to the users.