South Korea’s data protection regulator has fined Chinese ecommerce giant Temu nearly one million dollars (1.39 billion won) for illegally transferring Korean users’ personal information to China and other countries. Temu outsources and stores users’ data with companies in several countries, including China, Singapore, South Korea and Japan, But the firm “failed to disclose in…
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Privacy matters to Canadians – Privacy Commissioner of Canada marks Privacy Awareness Week with release of latest survey results
A somewhat surprising finding in the privacy survey released this week in Canada is that 41% of survey participants reported that they had stopped doing business with a company that experienced a privacy breach. The following is the privacy commissioner’s press release: May 8, 2025 – Gatineau, QC Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne is marking…
Kenyan court orders Worldcoin to delete all biometric data
Sam Adeyemo reports: A Kenyan high court has ruled that decentralized identity protocol Worldcoin’s collection of biometric data violated the country’s data protection laws. The court has now ordered the firm to permanently delete all biometric data it has collected within seven days of the ruling. According to reports in Kenyan media, Worldcoin failed to conduct a…
FCCPC: Meta Threatening To Leave If Nigeria Doesn’t Absolve It Of Liability
Arise News reports: The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has taken a firm stance against tech giant Meta Platforms and its subsidiary, WhatsApp, warning that threats to withdraw services from Nigeria will not excuse the company from legal accountability. In a strongly-worded statement issued by Ondaje Ijagwu, Director of Corporate Affairs at the…