Gel App leaks user privacy? Official response: False information, legal measures will be taken

Whip cattle news on February 13, today, the official statement of the Gel App said that in response to the serious untrue news spread on the Internet in recent days about the leakage of user privacy by our "Gel" APP, Beijing One Point Entertainment Technology Co., Ltd. solemnly declared the following:

In view of the malicious fabrication and dissemination of false information by the relevant infringing party, our company has entrusted a lawyer to preserve the evidence of the infringing information, and will take all legal measures including but not limited to initiating civil lawsuits, reporting to the relevant administrative departments, and reporting to the public security organs for the relevant responsible entities for malicious fabrication and dissemination of false information, so as to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of our company.

Previously, the news that "the Gel App uses the user's WeChat, QQ number and other private information" was recently transmitted online, and the company issued a statement saying that the online transmission message was not true. The company said that the incident was an organized and systematic defamation of the "Gel" app by competitors, and that it had collected relevant evidence and reported it to the police, while retaining the right to subsequent recourse to the law.

It is understood that the software is a close friend image social APP. Before joining, users create a virtual 3D image for themselves in the form of "pinching their faces". After the avatar is set up, the gel will generate a personal virtual poster, which users can share to the circle of friends or community to invite friends to join.

At present, the Gel App has 5 first-level menus such as homepage, information flow, release, message and personal homepage, and the main functions include face pinching, publishing instant dynamics and social chat. At present, gel is still in beta testing, but it can be found in major application markets. Users can invite friends by copying links, WeChat, QQ and other 3 ways, and the maximum number of friends is 50.

According to public information, soon after the gel App was launched, the number of downloads soared at an alarming rate, and in the App Store, it rushed to the top 15 of the social APP list less than 10 days after it was launched. At present, a total of 9,000 users on the App Store have rated the Gel App with a rating of 4.6 points. The Gel App has 136,000 downloads/installs on Tencent App And OnePlus App Stores, respectively.