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title: The Impact of Data Privacy Misconduct: Evidence from Firms' Malpractice via APPs
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4914693/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4914693
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4914693
featured: 2024-08-07
citations: 0
topic: Corporate Finance
---


# The Impact of Data Privacy Misconduct: Evidence from Firms' Malpractice via APPs

A study using Chinese regulatory data reveals that data privacy breaches through mobile apps can lead to significant financial losses for companies, especially those with high media visibility and in competitive data-driven sectors.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4914693
- Identifier: SSRN 4914693
- Released: 2024-08-03
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 60 (2024-08-07): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-08-07/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): 0
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Corporate Finance

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