The Korea Herald reports: CallApp, a free mobile app for caller identification and call blocking services, developed by an Israel-based tech startup, has been banned in South Korea for illegally collecting and mishandling users’ private data. The Korea Communications Commission said Monday that CallApp had been terminated from service in [Read More…]
From EPIC.org: The State Department filed a notice this week seeking comment on the agency’s plan to make permanent the collection of social media identifiers from individuals applying for visas to enter the U.S. The public comment period is open until October 2, 2017. The State Department previously requested emergency [Read More…]
Hunton & Williams writes: On July 31, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it has approved modifications to TRUSTe’s safe harbor program under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (the “COPPA Rule”). The COPPA Rule incorporates a “safe harbor” provision that allows companies and industry groups to seek the [Read More…]
Alex Hern reports: A judge’s porn preferences and the medication used by a German MP were among the personal data uncovered by two German researchers who acquired the “anonymous” browsing habits of more than three million German citizens. “What would you think,” asked Svea Eckert, “if somebody showed up at [Read More…]