By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) – U.S. security software maker Symantec Corp said it is holding discussions with authorities in Beijing after a state-controlled Chinese newspaper reported that the Ministry of Public Security had banned use of one of its products. The China Daily reported last week that the ministry had issued an order to its branches across the nation telling them to uninstall Symantec’s data loss prevention, or DLP, products from their systems and banning their future purchase, saying the software “could pose information risks.” (http://bit.ly/1okVF3v)The vaguely worded report did not explain why the ministry believed Symantec’s software presented a security threat. Symantec is the latest large U.S. technology company to encounter challenges in China since last year when former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden began leaking details about U.S. surveillance programs.
Symantec in talks with Chinese government after software ban report
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