Nov 21: Korea's Supreme Court rules unauthorized personal info in police reports as illegal, EU warnings about Qatar World Cup apps, and still more Apple Privacy issues.

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 Nov 21: Korea's Supreme Court rules unauthorized personal info in police reports as illegal, EU warnings about Qatar World Cup apps, and still more Apple Privacy issues. 


        In Korea, the Supreme Court ruled that providing investigatory agencies with unauthorized personal information learned during the course of work or complaint, if provided without the consent of the person in question, is an illegal 'leakage' of personal information that violates Korea's Personal Information and Protection Act (PIPA). This ruling means that when filing a complaint or report to the police (or other such investigatory government agencies), that complaint must not contain personal information obtained without consent. However, the Supreme Court also stated that whether the act of including such personal information without consent in a complaint/report is an illegal action that merits punishment is a separate issue that is yet to be determined. 

        With the Qatar World Cup starting, fans are being warned by the EU data protection chiefs to not download the event's official apps on their mobile devices due to severe privacy risks. EU countries such as Germany, Norway, and France have advised that the apps will be used to monitor visitors, and to use it on a separate 'black phone' or to delete the apps upon returning. In particular, there is concern that Qatar's authoritarian government will use data collected by the apps to monitor 'problematic' groups such as the LGBTQ groups. 

        New research has found that Apple collects personally identifiable information even when explicitly promising not to do so in its privacy policies. Apple collects a "Directory Services Identifier" (DSID) along with the Apple ID, which when combined allows detailed analytics data to be directly linked to the user. This is in addition to the discovery that Apple collects analytics information even when the "share iPhone Analytics" setting is turned off, which led to a class action lawsuit against Apple. Given Apple's recent focus on branding itself as a company that supports privacy protection, this is a significant blow to its public relations image as well as possibly having further legal ramifications for violations of privacy laws and misleading information. 


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