(Yicai Global) Dec. 17 -- Tencent Holdings has started updating some apps again after Chinese authorities requested last month that the Chinese internet giant’s new apps and updated versions of existing apps are checked before release when some were found to contravene the country’s new personal information law, The Paper reported today.

Tencent pushed out a version update for its music software QQ Music aon Apple’s App Store yesterday, the report said. It is the company’s first app update since Nov. 24.

Nine apps, including QQ Music and Enterprise WeChat, have passed checks by regulators and will be released to the public gradually, a company insider said.

A number of Tencent’s apps were found to infringe users’ rights and interests during routine checks by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology last month and ordered to undergo testing from Nov. 24 to Dec. 31.

Tencent is cooperating with regulatory authorities regarding compliance testing, the Shenzhen-based firm said at the time. Users can still download and use existing versions of its apps as checks take place. But some updates have been suspended for the moment.

Activities such as the collection, application, processing and trading of personal information will be strictly monitored, according to the new law that came into effect on Nov. 1. Online platforms with large number of users must come up with detailed rules to regulate the behavior of parties that provide services through these platforms and set parameters for their data collection and processing activities.

Tencent’s share price [HKG:0700] closed down 2.7 percent at HKD440.40 (USD56) today, with a total market value of HKD4.2 trillion (USD538.3 billion).

Editor: Kim Taylor