[Reduce personal information leakage, the first batch of 700 special number service business pilots approved] On November 10th, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently approved ten companies to carry out pilot number protection service business, and allocated 700 special number resources to relevant companies. The number protection service business refers to a business entrusted by Internet platform companies such as food delivery and online ride-hailing companies to allocate temporary phone numbers to individual users to replace real mobile phone numbers to reduce the risk of user number leakage. If the user checks the number protection service when placing an order, the communication with the delivery person or online ride-hailing driver will be completed with a 15-digit dedicated number starting with 700, and the real mobile phone numbers of the communicating parties will not be displayed to each other. According to the requirements of the "Notice on Launching the Pilot Number Protection Service Business" issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the first 10 companies have obtained application platform provider qualifications and have been approved to use 700 special number resources as compliance intermediate numbers. They will conduct pilot exploration of the number protection service business in take-out, online ride-hailing and other scenarios. On the basis of pilot exploration, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will gradually promote the number protection service business to cover more scenarios and more enterprises. (CCTV News)