Local ISPs have received court orders to share their customers’ personal information amidst news of “a crackdown on illegal torrent activities,” ZDNet reports. The customers were alleged to have downloaded illegal copies of the Academy Award-winning movie Dallas Buyers Club, and a firm representing Dallas Buyers Club LLC “sent letters to the targeted customers with demands for compensation,” the report states. However, the ISPs “had not broken any terms of service agreement, per se” as “privacy policies typically state that customer information will be handed over when required by a court,” one digital media expert explained. Editor’s Note: The IAPP Asia Privacy Forum, returning to Singapore next month, will include a session on privacy regulations in the APAC region.
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