The company’s Chairman and CEO Cheng Wei and Didi president Liu Qing were also fined 1 million yuan each by the country’s cybersecurity watchdog.

The fine levied against Didi was lower than the 18.2 billion yuan antitrust penalty imposed on Alibaba last year, as part of a broader technology sector crackdown.

On Thursday, regulators said that Didi had committed at least 16 violations, including illegally collecting screenshots of users’ mobile phones and violating limits on collecting passenger and drivers’ personal information.

“We sincerely accept the punishment and will strictly follow the penalty decision and the requirements of relevant laws and regulations,” the company said in a statement. “We will conduct a comprehensive and in-depth self-examination, actively cooperate with the supervision, and seriously complete the rectification.”

Didi Global was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange in June, ending a wild 11-month ride on the prestigious US market while leaving investors in the lurch about its future direction.

Didi, which previously controlled around 90% of China’s ride-hailing market, has seen customers trickle away to rivals amid the regulatory crackdown touched off by management’s decision to proceed with a US$4.4 billion initial public offering – despite Beijing’s worries that the listing could give American regulators access to sensitive domestic data.

Didi’s 26 apps were evicted from app stores and it was barred from signing up customers last summer.

A Didi product manager told Nikkei Asia before that the company’s apps were being readied for a relaunch.