Technology sector lawmaker Duncan Chiu says Telegram must handle its platform’s doxxing issue ‘sooner or later’.

While a company request to check employee phone batteries was derided in China, lawyers said it is unlikely that they broke any privacy laws.

Often described as the ‘Russian Mark Zuckerberg’, Durov is the mind behind Telegram, the encrypted messaging app that was recognised as the fastest growing app of 2021

Registration and Electoral Office says staff member sent files to unknown recipient after incorrectly typing personal email.

‘Creepy’: hotpot chain caught recording customer eating preferences and detailed descriptions of weight and appearance is not breaking the law, says legal expert.

The list, which has become a regular occurrence since 2019, forms part of Beijing’s effort to rein in data collection and usage practices online.

One of the EU’s top privacy watchdogs is preparing a decision that could paralyse transatlantic data flows and risk billions in revenue for US technology giants.

Chinese companies outside the internet sector are testing investors’ demand for smaller IPOs after a regulatory clampdown by Beijing.

Privacy commissioner Ada Chung offers the assessment under questioning from lawmakers pressing for the inclusion of such a feature amid a surge in coronavirus cases.

Meta identified 6 companies from Israel, India, and North Macedonia, in addition to an unknown entity in China, which it said carried out ‘indiscriminate’ surveillance.

Regulators fine Xpeng Motors 100,000 yuan (US$15,710) for collecting consumer data without their consent at seven showrooms in Shanghai.

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data says the doxxing was related to a monetary dispute between the suspect and the alleged victim.

China’s central bank says it has received an application for a personal-credit scoring joint venture between Ant Group and state-backed partners.

The UN agency’s recommendations come more than a month after China introduced its own set of ethical guidelines governing artificial intelligence.

Big Tech companies are expected to perform a delicate balancing act in advancing AI development, while ensuring the technology’s ethical application.

An analysis of more than 20,000 apps found many were not adequately informing users of data policies, with nearly 30 per cent not including any privacy policy text at all.

The bitcoin network has approved a new update called Taproot to enhance privacy for users, which some say could change the way payments are made and make it more attractive to developers.

The inclusion of “these organisations to the list of ‘specified persons’ would help ensure the robustness of governance of Hong Kong’s financial and commercial sectors,” the FSTB Secretary Christopher Hui Ching-yu said.

Temporary workers may be able to access the sensitive personal information of citizens. Hopefully, this will not set a precedent, such as for Legco elections.

The latest draft of China’s Personal Information Protection Law directs Big Tech firms to each establish an independent body that will oversee data privacy compliance.

Foreign suspicions over Beijing’s relations with Chinese tech firms are fuelling mistrust that analysts say is unlikely to go away any time soon.

While the hack occurred in 2019, Ada Chung, privacy commissioner for personal data, notes information involving 3 million city residents can ‘still be used’ by criminals.

Judiciary says move is to guard against undermining proper operation of the legal systems, as journalists’ group expresses concern over further erosion of press freedom.

The proposal seeks to prevent people from accessing the personal particulars of company directors amid ‘increasing public awareness of the need to protect personal data’.