Ella Geris reports: The Legislative Council of Hong Kong passed the Personal Data (Privacy) (Amendment) Bill 2021 on Wednesday. The law deals with “doxxing” which is the public release of information identifying an individual or organization. The Bill was introduced to the Legislative Council in July. The law empowers The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data to investigate and…
Category: Breaches
FTC Surveillance App Settlement Signals Concern Over Deceptive Tracking
Liisa Thomas and Harrison Schafer of SheppardMullin write: The FTC recently settled with a surveillance app operator over allegations that the company facilitated the secret harvesting of personal information. According to the FTC, the main users of Support King, LLC’s “SpyFone” app were bad actors who used the tool to remotely monitor users’ physical and digital activities. The…
9th Circuit: Police Violated Google Users’ Privacy Rights After Automated Email Scan Detected Child Pornography
Alaina Lancaster reports: A federal appeals court found that law enforcement violated a Google user’s constitutional rights when it opened email attachments the platform flagged as child pornography through an automated system. The ruling comes as Apple Inc. faced backlash from privacy advocates in August after announcing a feature that scans photos on its devices for child…
Lithuanian government warns about secret censorship features in Xiaomi phones
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The Lithuanian Defense Ministry published a security audit on Wednesday for three popular 5G smartphone models manufactured in China, recommending that citizens avoid or stop using at least two of the three devices, citing privacy infringements and secret censorship capabilities. Read more on The Record.