Privacy News & Issues
Ashley Belanger reports: A Spanish youth court has sentenced 15 minors to one year of probation after spreading AI-generated nude images of female classmates in two WhatsApp groups. The minors were charged with 20 counts of creating child sex abuse images and 20 counts of offenses against their victims’ moral integrity. In addition to probation, the teens…
Defendant convicted at trial of sending thousands of horrific messages to victims, lawyers, police, and prosecutors Seattle – A 33-year-old Seattle man previously employed as a privacy consultant was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 9 years in prison for conspiracy to engage in cyberstalking, three counts of cyberstalking in violation of…
Isabelle Chapman, Majlie de Puy Kamp, and Audrey Ash report: It was another lawsuit brought by another victim whose fun-filled vacation turned into a voyeuristic nightmare: A woman was secretly recorded undressing at a rental property, her images stored on the computer of an alleged sexual predator accused of spying on unsuspecting renters for years….
Sylvana Lijbaart reports: Vinted is violating several aspects of the European AVG privacy law, the State Data Protection Inspectorate ruled. An investigation was launched into the online marketplace after the regulator received complaints from several European countries. […] That investigation shows that Vinted does not sufficiently comply with users’ right to be forgotten. Vinted members…