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15 Sep Indonesia Passes New Personal Data Protection Bill After Major Leaks

Posted at 11:15 by Jordy Leo

The Indonesian Parliament will pass the long-stalled Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill this week, as reported by Strait Times on September 13. According to the bill, data operators could face up to five years in prison and a maximum penalty of IDR5bn (USD334,400) for leaking...

13 May Tesla to Establish Driving Data Sharing Platform in China

Posted at 17:01 by Ningjing Liu

US new energy vehicle (NEV) manufacturer Tesla [TSLA:US] is working on developing a platform in China that allows car owners to access their driving data, as reported by Caixin on May 8. The platform is expected to be put into operation by the end of...

21 Jan Tencent Apologizes for Reading User Browser History

Posted at 11:44 by Haiyan Luo

Tencent [0700:HK] apologized on January 18 for its instant messaging software, QQ, for reading users’ browser history, after an internet article exposed it on January 17, as reported by The Paper on January 19. Tencent explained that the reading was to evaluate login security risks...

09 Dec China Limits Scope of Mobile Apps’ Collection of Personal Data

Posted at 17:46 by Haiyan Luo

The Cyberspace Administration of China unveiled draft guidelines to limit the scope of how and when mobile apps can collect personal data, as reported by JRJ.com on December 2, 2020. The set of draft rules covers 38 types of apps from online payment and instant...

25 Nov YTO Express Employees Leak User Data to Criminal Groups

Posted at 17:22 by Haiyan Luo

YTO Express Group [600233:CH], admitted in a statement that its five employees leased their internal accounts to criminal groups for profit, leaking some 400,000 pieces of users’ personal information, as reported by Beijing News on November 16, 2020. According to police based in Hebei province,...

Customer Privacy Tag

15 Sep Indonesia Passes New Personal Data Protection Bill After Major Leaks

13 May Tesla to Establish Driving Data Sharing Platform in China

21 Jan Tencent Apologizes for Reading User Browser History

09 Dec China Limits Scope of Mobile Apps’ Collection of Personal Data

25 Nov YTO Express Employees Leak User Data to Criminal Groups