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The Beijing Internet Court announced on April 15 that it had accepted a case involving disputes over the privacy rights and personal information protection of the "Douban" App. In this case, a Douban user accused Douban App of collecting personal location information and demanded Douban compensate him for a loss of 1 [[Renminbi|yuan]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=cnBeta|title=豆瓣回应“被诉侵犯用户隐私”：存误解原告已撤诉 双方达成和解 - 社交 - SNS 社交网络|url=http://www.cnbeta.com/articles/tech/1115987.htm|access-date=2021-04-19|website=cnBeta.COM|language=zh-CN}}</ref> Douban was sued for infringing user privacy. According to Douban users, although he never authorized Douban to obtain personal geographic location information, Douban targeted him to push advertisements based on his location.<ref>{{Cite web|title=豆瓣被起诉侵犯用户隐私，互联网企业没有清白者_详细解读_最新资讯_热点事件_36氪|url=http://www.36kr.com/p/1184419394284673|access-date=2021-04-19|website=www.36kr.com}}</ref>

Douban's administrators are suspected of infringing user privacy. In 2015, some users posted on Douban, saying that Douban violated their privacy. The user stated that Douban deleted his backup in a private group (only the user can access it) without his consent. The backup data of its private group is completely confidential information, and no one should be able to see it except the user. <ref>{{Cite web|title=豆瓣被起诉侵犯用户隐私，互联网企业没有清白者_详细解读_最新资讯_热点事件_36氪|url=http://www.36kr.com/p/1184419394284673|access-date=2021-04-19|website=www.36kr.com}}</ref>